sex work
"sex-work" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sex work” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sex work |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sex work” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sex work is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sex work, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 sex work, spelled S-E-X- -W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1Any job in which sex or eroticism is involved, especially prostitution or pornography.
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 “sex work”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-E-X- -W-O-R-K - 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.