metalwork
"metalwork" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“metalwork” is uncommon English (frequency #56,282 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,282
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objects made of metal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metalwork · metalwork · English
metalwork · rank #56,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,282
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH microbiologic…
Nearest frequency peer: microbiological (+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 “metalwork”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McVey
McVey
43,724 corpus weight
- Meerut
Meerut
43,722 corpus weight
- metalwork
metalwork
43,719 corpus weight
- microbiolog…
microbiological
43,718 corpus weight
- milkweed
milkweed
43,716 corpus weight
- milligram
milligram
43,714 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “metalwork” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | metalwork |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “metalwork” in English
Rare enough to double-check
metalwork is uncommon English at frequency #56,282 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
metalwork has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From metal + -work. The correct English form is metalwork, spelled M-E-T-A-L-W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1Objects made of metal.
- 2The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how metalwork appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The local blacksmith made all the metalwork for this reconstructed old house.
Metalwork is either silver or gold anodised aluminium, the latter being used experimentally in one of the six schemes.
Etymology
From metal + -work.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).