job market
/ˈd͡ʒɑb ˌmɑɹkɪt/
"job-market" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“job market” 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 May 6, 2026) - A market in which employers seek out potential employees and employees search for prospective jobs.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | job market |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈd͡ʒɑb ˌmɑɹkɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “job market” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
job market is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈd͡ʒɑb ˌmɑɹkɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A market in which employers seek out potential employees and employees search for prospective jobs.".
Zero misspellings are on record for job market in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 market, spelled J-O-B- -M-A-R-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1A market in which employers seek out potential employees and employees search for prospective jobs.
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.
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Using “job market”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is J-O-B- -M-A-R-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈd͡ʒɑb ˌmɑɹkɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.