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metalwork

noun

metalwork is spelled M-E-T-A-L-W-O-R-K: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, metalwork means “Objects made of metal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of metalwork is metalworks.

How many letters and syllables are in metalwork?

Letters9: M-E-T-A-L-W-O-R-K
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is metalwork?

Metalwork appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th 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).

How do you pronounce metalwork?

    Metalwork has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of metalwork

    • metalworks plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does metalwork mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      Objects made of metal.

      The local blacksmith made all the metalwork for this reconstructed old house.

    2. 2

      The act of shaping metal, metalworking.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does metalwork come from?

    From metal + -work.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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