woodworker

noun

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"woodworker" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“woodworker” is uncommon English (frequency #77,347 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,347
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person skilled at woodworking.

Corpus desk

Index EN-woodworker · woodworker · English

woodworker · rank #77,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,347
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wittman

Nearest frequency peer: Wittman (-2 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 “woodworker”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “woodworker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for woodworker
PropertyValue
Headwordwoodworker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,347
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “woodworker” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).woodworkerfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Wittman” (#77,345), “Wooley” (#77,349), “wheatland” (#77,342). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “woodworker” is #77,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

woodworker is uncommon English at frequency #77,347 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person skilled at woodworking.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for woodworker in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From wood + worker. The correct English form is woodworker, spelled W-O-O-D-W-O-R-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person skilled at woodworking.

Etymology

From wood + worker.

This word in other languages

menuisier(Français)Schreiner(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "woodworker"?
"woodworker" is spelled W-O-O-D-W-O-R-K-E-R.
What does "woodworker" mean?
As a noun, "woodworker" means: A person skilled at woodworking.
What is the origin of the word "woodworker"?
From wood + worker. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "woodworker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Weidenfeld#77,339Wedderburn#77,337adamantium#77,381untalented#77,310

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list