coursework
"coursework" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coursework” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,882
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coursework |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coursework” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around coursework, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,882 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for coursework, with forms such as "ccoursework", "corusework", and "coureswork". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From course + work. The correct English form is coursework, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E-W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given.
Etymology
From course + work.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoursework
- corusework
- coureswork
- courrsework
- courseowrk
- coursewokr
- courseworkk
- courseworrk
- coursewrok
- coursewwork
- courssework
- coursweork
- cousrework
- cuorsework
- ocursework
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coursework - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “coursework”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-R-S-E-W-O-R-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.