co-worker
noun
co-worker is spelled C-O-W-O-R-K-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. People search “co-worker vs coworker” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, co-worker means “Alternative spelling of coworker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of co-worker is co-workers.
How many letters and syllables are in co-worker?
| Letters | 8: C-O-W-O-R-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce co-worker?
Co-worker has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with co-worker
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: coworker (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of co-worker
- co-workers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does co-worker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of coworker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does co-worker come from?
From co- + worker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).