gasworks

noun

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"gasworks" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gasworks” is uncommon English (frequency #79,537 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,537
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).

Corpus desk

Index EN-gasworks · gasworks · English

gasworks · rank #79,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,537
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gauchos

Nearest frequency peer: gauchos (+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 “gasworks”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “gasworks” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gasworks
PropertyValue
Headwordgasworks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,537
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gasworks” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).gasworksfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “gauchos” (#79,538), “gaskin” (#79,535), “Galois” (#79,534). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “gasworks” is #79,537. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gasworks is uncommon English at frequency #79,537 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for gasworks in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From gas + works. The correct English form is gasworks, spelled G-A-S-W-O-R-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
  2. 2
    A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
  3. 3
    A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
  4. 4
    A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how gasworks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meronyms: gasholder, gasometer, gas line, gasline, pipeline

Etymology

From gas + works.

This word in other languages

usine à gaz(Français)Gaswerk(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gasworks"?
"gasworks" is spelled G-A-S-W-O-R-K-S.
What does "gasworks" mean?
As a noun, "gasworks" means: A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
What is the origin of the word "gasworks"?
From gas + works. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gasworks", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fusilier#79,530Fujimoto#79,527formalin#79,524haircare#79,561

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list