sex worker
"sex-worker" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sex 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sex-worker · sex worker · English
sex worker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sex worker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sex worker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sex worker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sex worker, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sex worker, spelled S-E-X- -W-O-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sex worker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Like the scripted scenarios mouthed by sex workers on 1-900 porn lines, our sexual language has become stilted and rehearsed.
Most official attempts to monitor the health of sex workers have been designed to protect clients and society
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.