Werk or work?
werk is a verb meaning “Alternative form of work”; work is a verb meaning “To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) work is about 2,239 times as common as werk.
What is the difference between werk and work?
| werk | work | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb, noun | noun, verb, suffix |
| Meaning | Alternative form of work | Labour, occupation, job The place where one is employed To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers |
| Example | Werk it, bitch! | My work involves a lot of travel |
| Forms | werks, werking, werked | works, working, worked |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /wɜː(ɹ)k/ /wɜːk/ [wəːk] |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 912 times per million words |
Sources: werk and work in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of werk and work
werk
- 1
Alternative form of work
Werk it, bitch!
- 2
Alternative form of work
work
- 1
Labour, occupation, job
My work involves a lot of travel
- 2
To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers
He's working in a bar
- 3
Denoting a craft involving a particular material, tool, or practitioner
masonwork
- 4
The place where one is employed
He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at work
- 5
Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at]
I work in a national park
- 6
Denoting a structure or work of art crafted chiefly from a given material
ironwork
- 7
One's employer
I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my work will give me the time off
- 8
Said of one's job title [with as]
I work as a cleaner
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, werk or work?
werk appears about once in every 2 million words; work 912 times per million words.
werk about once in every 2 million wordswork 912 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).