Which to use
“working” and “workings” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #342
- “working” frequency rank
- #17,747
- “workings” frequency rank
- 18089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | working | workings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Operation; action. | The internal mechanism of some device or system. |
Letter map: working vs workings
Shared letters muted; letters that set working and workings apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Spelling & dictionary notes on working vs workings
working and workings are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “working” sits inside “workings”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
working is recorded at frequency rank #342, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈwɜːkɪŋ/. workings is at rank #17,747, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18089, this pair ranks #447,181 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of working vs workings
Shared letters: giknorw. Private to "working": -. Private to "workings": s.
"working" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "workings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "working" for "workings" ever safe?
Frequency check: "working" vs "workings" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "working" and "workings".
- Full dictionary entry for "working" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "workings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #447,181 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "working" and "workings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Woking vs workings". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #447,181 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.