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 May 6, 2026) - An agricultural labourer who travels from place to place harvesting seasonal crops.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | migrant worker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “migrant worker” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “migrant worker”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-G-R-A-N-T- -W-O-R-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.