coworker
co·wor·ker/ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/noun
coworker is spelled C-O-W-O-R-K-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables (co·wor·ker). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “co-worker vs coworker” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, coworker means “Somebody with whom one works” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coworker is coworkers.
How many letters and syllables are in coworker?
| Letters | 8: C-O-W-O-R-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: co·wor·ker |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coworker?
Coworker appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce coworker?
- UK /ˌkəʊˈwɜː.kər/
- US /ˌkoʊˈwɝː.kɚ/
Coworker has 3 syllables, split co·wor·ker in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-coworker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with coworker
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: co-worker (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with coworker?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coworker from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹkəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coworker
- coworkers plural
- co-worker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coworker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Somebody with whom one works.
He heard from a coworker that the company planned to merge those departments.
- 2
derogatoryA person in the lowest common denominator, especially regarding popular culture.
This is the most coworker movie I've ever seen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coworker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense somebody with whom one works:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | collègue, confrère |
| German | Kollege, Kollegin |
| Portuguese | colega, colega de trabalho, colega de serviço |
| Spanish | colega, compañero (de trabajo), compañera (de trabajo) |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.