telework
/ˈtɛləwɝk/
"telework" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telework” is uncommon English (frequency #93,225 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,225
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To telecommute.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telework · telework · English
telework · rank #93,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,225
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH temporality
Nearest frequency peer: temporality (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “telework”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tearjerker
tearjerker
6,778 corpus weight
- telework
telework
6,776 corpus weight
- temporality
temporality
6,775 corpus weight
- temporomand…
temporomandibular
6,774 corpus weight
- Tennent
Tennent
6,773 corpus weight
- tercentenary
tercentenary
6,772 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “telework” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telework |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈtɛləwɝk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “telework” in English
Rare enough to double-check
telework is uncommon English at frequency #93,225 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈtɛləwɝk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To telecommute.".
telework has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tele- + work. The correct English form is telework, spelled T-E-L-E-W-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1To telecommute.
Etymology
From tele- + work.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).