job centre

noun

"job-centre" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - British standard spelling of job center.

Corpus desk

Index EN-job-centre · job centre · English

job centre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for job centre
PropertyValue
Headwordjob centre
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “job centre” in English

job centrefalls 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

job centre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "British standard spelling of job center.".

job centre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is job centre, spelled J-O-B- -C-E-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    British standard spelling of job center.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. She put it all down last time she was at the job centre and they stopped her benefits for the hundredth time because of an error in the system that will take twelve weeks for them to reassess.

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 "job centre"?
"job centre" is spelled J-O-B- -C-E-N-T-R-E.
What does "job centre" mean?
As a noun, "job centre" means: British standard spelling of job center.
What language does "job centre" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list