English homophones
workman/workmen
"workman" (#30,658 written frequency) beats "workmen" (#32,252) in this 2-word /ˈwɝkmən/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈwɝkmən/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "workman" leads at #30,658, with "workmen" trailing at #32,252.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "workm" then splits - "workman" (7 letters) vs "workmen" (7).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across workman, workmen: kmnorw. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
workman
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVC
Inventory akmnorw · private a
workmen
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCCVC
Inventory ekmnorw · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "workman" when you mean: A man who labours for wages.
- Write "workmen" when you mean: plural of workman
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "workman" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #30,658 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: wade · weighed. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "workman, workmen" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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