labour market

noun

"labour-market" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“labour 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
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of labor market.

Corpus desk

Index EN-labour-market · labour market · English

labour market · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" 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 labour market
PropertyValue
Headwordlabour market
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “labour market” in English

labour marketfalls 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

labour market is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of labor market.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for labour market, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is labour market, spelled L-A-B-O-U-R- -M-A-R-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of labor market.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. She gets jobs that last only a few months, in the flexible labour market beloved of politicians, but which leaves her struggling to pay the bills.

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 "labour market"?
"labour market" is spelled L-A-B-O-U-R- -M-A-R-K-E-T.
What does "labour market" mean?
As a noun, "labour market" means: Alternative form of labor market.
What language does "labour market" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list