work life

noun

"work-life" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“work life” 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) - The part of a person's daily life spent at work; the experiences encountered during that time.

Corpus desk

Index EN-work-life · work life · English

work life · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for work life
PropertyValue
Headwordwork life
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “work life” in English

work liferanks 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

work life is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The part of a person's daily life spent at work; the experiences encountered during that time.".

work life doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 life, spelled W-O-R-K- -L-I-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The part of a person's daily life spent at work; the experiences encountered during that time.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Holonyms: life; daily life, real life, waking life
  2. the travails of work life

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 life"?
"work life" is spelled W-O-R-K- -L-I-F-E.
What does "work life" mean?
As a noun, "work life" means: The part of a person's daily life spent at work; the experiences encountered during that time.
What language does "work life" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list