Work force or workforce?
work force is a noun meaning “Alternative form of workforce”; workforce is a noun meaning “All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific…”. work force is written as two words and workforce as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between work force and workforce?
| work force | workforce | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative form of workforce | All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | none | workforces |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈwɝk.foɹs/ [ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs] /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 8.7 times per million words |
Sources: work force and workforce 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 work force and workforce
work force
- 1
Alternative form of workforce
workforce
- 1
All the workers employed by a specific organization or state, or on a specific project
- 2
The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable
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, work force or workforce?
work force is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; workforce 8.7 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).