workers
[ˈwɜːkəʳs]
The verdict
“workers” is uncommon German (frequency #57,585 among 38,697 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,585
- frequency rank, German
- 38,697
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs worker
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | workers |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈwɜːkəʳs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “workers” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
workers is uncommon German at frequency #57,585 among 38,697 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈwɜːkəʳs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs worker".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for workers, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is workers, spelled W-O-R-K-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs worker
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “workers”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-O-R-K-E-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈwɜːkəʳs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.