social worker
"social-worker" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“social 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
Corpus desk
Index EN-social-worker · social worker · English
social worker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | social worker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “social worker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
social worker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for social worker in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 social worker, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L- -W-O-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how social worker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I had a visit from my social worker last week.
These are but a few instances of the benefits conferred by him as a social worker; but until these can be fully recorded, let us bear in mind as no small part of the debt we owe to the truly noble man[…]
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.