brickworks

noun

"brickworks" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“brickworks” is uncommon English (frequency #71,356 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,356
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A place where bricks are made.

Key facts for brickworks
PropertyValue
Headwordbrickworks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,356
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “brickworks” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). brickworks lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

brickworks is uncommon English at frequency #71,356 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A place where bricks are made.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for brickworks, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From brick + works. The correct English form is brickworks, spelled B-R-I-C-K-W-O-R-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A place where bricks are made.

Etymology

From brick + works.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "brickworks"?
"brickworks" is spelled B-R-I-C-K-W-O-R-K-S.
What does "brickworks" mean?
As a noun, "brickworks" means: A place where bricks are made.
What is the origin of the word "brickworks"?
From brick + works. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “brickworks”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-R-I-C-K-W-O-R-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list