earthwork
/ˈɝθwɝk/
"earthwork" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“earthwork” is uncommon English (frequency #69,809 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,809
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.
Corpus desk
Index EN-earthwork · earthwork · English
earthwork · rank #69,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,809
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH earldom
Nearest frequency peer: earldom (-2 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 “earthwork”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dwarka
Dwarka
30,197 corpus weight
- Eadie
Eadie
30,195 corpus weight
- earldom
earldom
30,194 corpus weight
- earthwork
earthwork
30,192 corpus weight
- Egmont
Egmont
30,189 corpus weight
- Ekman
Ekman
30,187 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “earthwork” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | earthwork |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɝθwɝk/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “earthwork” in English
Rare enough to double-check
earthwork is uncommon English at frequency #69,809 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɝθwɝk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for earthwork, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earth + work. First attested in the 1630s. The correct English form is earthwork, spelled E-A-R-T-H-W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how earthwork appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At the moment only some 35 miles of earthwork have been completed from Qum, and no permanent way has been laid.
The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.
Etymology
From earth + work. First attested in the 1630s.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).