full-time job

noun

"full-time-job" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“full-time job” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An activity that consumes a great deal of time.

Key facts for full-time job
PropertyValue
Headwordfull-time job
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “full-time job” sits in English frequency

full-time job falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

full-time job is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An activity that consumes a great deal of time.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for full-time job in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is full-time job, spelled F-U-L-L---T-I-M-E- -J-O-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    An activity that consumes a great deal of time.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "full-time job"?
"full-time job" is spelled F-U-L-L---T-I-M-E- -J-O-B.
What does "full-time job" mean?
As a noun, "full-time job" means: An activity that consumes a great deal of time.
What language does "full-time job" come from?
"full-time job" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “full-time job”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is F-U-L-L---T-I-M-E- -J-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list