work experience

noun

"work-experience" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Professional experience.

Corpus desk

Index EN-work-experience · work experience · English

work experience · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" 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.

Key facts for work experience
PropertyValue
Headwordwork experience
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “work experience” in English

work experiencesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

work experience is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for work experience, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is work experience, spelled W-O-R-K- -E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Professional experience.
  2. 2
    A short unpaid period of time at a workplace, to gain experience of a working environment.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The applicant had impressive grades, but no relevant work experience.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "work experience"?
"work experience" is spelled W-O-R-K- -E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E.
What does "work experience" mean?
As a noun, "work experience" means: Professional experience.
What language does "work experience" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list