# workload

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,166

## Definitions
1. The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.
2. The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce.

## Etymology
From work + load.

## Common misspellings (12)
`owrkload`, `wokrload`, `workkload`, `worklaod`, `worklload`, `workloadd`, `workloda`, `workolad`, `worlkoad`, `worrkload`, `wrokload`, `wworkload`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/workload