timesheet

noun

"timesheet" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“timesheet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.

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Index EN-timesheet · timesheet · English

timesheet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for timesheet
PropertyValue
Headwordtimesheet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “timesheet” in English

timesheetranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

timesheet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.".

timesheet has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From time + sheet. The correct English form is timesheet, spelled T-I-M-E-S-H-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how timesheet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. (sometimes synonymous)

Etymology

From time + sheet.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "timesheet"?
"timesheet" is spelled T-I-M-E-S-H-E-E-T.
What does "timesheet" mean?
As a noun, "timesheet" means: A document that allows for the recording of hours worked on various tasks that is used as input for payroll, project accounting or client billing processes.
What is the origin of the word "timesheet"?
From time + sheet. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list