jobcentre
noun
jobcentre is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Jobcentre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-O-B-C-E-N-T-R-E, and it appears about once in every 8 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of jobcentre is jobcentres.
What does jobcentre mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Jobcentre.
noun
- 1
A local office of this agency.
The attack campaign depicted snaking queues outside a Jobcentre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jobcentre
- jobcentres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jobcentre?
Jobcentre appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with jobcentre
Also written: job centre (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Jobcentre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense agency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Jobcenter |
| Spanish | Oficina de empleo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does jobcentre come from?
From job + centre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).