workshop

/[wɜːkʃɒp]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,698

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

workshop is aGermannoun. It means: Raum oder Gebäude zur Herstellung oder Reparatur von Gütern mittels Werkzeug und Maschinen Pronounced [wɜːkʃɒp]. It ranks #7,698 in German word frequency. Often confused with Workshops.

Key facts for workshop
PropertyValue
Headwordworkshop
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[wɜːkʃɒp]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,698
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of workshop in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for workshop is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [wɜːkʃɒp]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,698 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for workshop, with forms such as "owrkshop", "wokrshop", and "workhsop". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Workshops", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is workshop, spelled W-O-R-K-S-H-O-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raum oder Gebäude zur Herstellung oder Reparatur von Gütern mittels Werkzeug und Maschinen
  2. 2
    Treffen einer Gruppe zu Übungen und Diskussionen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: owrkshop,wokrshop,workhsop,workkshop,workshhop,workshopp,workshpo,worksohp,worksshop,worrkshop,worskhop,wrokshop,wworkshop

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for workshop

Misspelling Variants of "workshop"

owrkshop8wokrshop8workhsop8workkshop9workshhop9workshopp9workshpo8worksohp8
Misspelling Variants of "workshop"

Frequency rank: #7,698 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "workshop"?
"workshop" is spelled W-O-R-K-S-H-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is [wɜːkʃɒp].
What does "workshop" mean?
As a noun, "workshop" means: Raum oder Gebäude zur Herstellung oder Reparatur von Gütern mittels Werkzeug und Maschinen
What words are commonly confused with "workshop"?
"workshop" is commonly confused with "Workshops". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "workshop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "workshop" is [wɜːkʃɒp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "workshop" come from?
"workshop" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.