dockworker
noun
dockworker is spelled D-O-C-K-W-O-R-K-E-R: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dockworker means “A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dockworker is dockworkers.
How many letters and syllables are in dockworker?
| Letters | 10: D-O-C-K-W-O-R-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is dockworker?
Dockworker appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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 dockworker?
- US
Dockworker 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-dockworker.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dockworker
- dockworkers plural
- dock worker
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dockworker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dockworker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense worker at a dock:
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.