coworking
"coworking" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coworking” is uncommon English (frequency #64,291 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,291
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
Corpus desk
Index EN-coworking · coworking · English
coworking · rank #64,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,291
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH credulity
Nearest frequency peer: credulity (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “coworking”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- copland
copland
35,715 corpus weight
- costuming
costuming
35,712 corpus weight
- coworking
coworking
35,710 corpus weight
- credulity
credulity
35,709 corpus weight
- crouse
crouse
35,707 corpus weight
- Crum
Crum
35,706 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “coworking” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coworking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “coworking” in English
Rare enough to double-check
coworking is uncommon English at frequency #64,291 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.".
Zero misspellings are on record for coworking in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From co- + working. The correct English form is coworking, spelled C-O-W-O-R-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coworking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
coworking space
Some companies, like Citizen Agency, a San Francisco Internet consulting firm that has done the most to evangelize coworking, have an open-door policy, in which people rent desks but others are free to drop in and use the Wi-Fi or the conference room.
Etymology
From co- + working.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).