migrant worker
"migrant-worker" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“migrant worker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
Corpus desk
Index EN-migrant-worker · migrant worker · English
migrant worker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | migrant worker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “migrant worker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
migrant worker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for migrant worker, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 migrant worker, spelled M-I-G-R-A-N-T- -W-O-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
- 2A person with temporary permission to work in another country; a guest worker.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how migrant worker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And since Brexit, the number of migrant workers has fallen by almost a third, with new immigration laws and the points-based system possibly reducing the flow even further.
This word in other languages
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.