workrate
"workrate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“workrate” is uncommon English (frequency #93,335 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,335
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The rate at which work is performed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-workrate · workrate · English
workrate · rank #93,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,335
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH worldbuilding
Nearest frequency peer: worldbuilding (+1 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “workrate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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6,666 corpus weight
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6,665 corpus weight
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What this shows Long-tail view: where “workrate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | workrate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “workrate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
workrate is uncommon English at frequency #93,335 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The rate at which work is performed.".
No misspelling variants are generated for workrate in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From work + rate. The correct English form is workrate, spelled W-O-R-K-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The rate at which work is performed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how workrate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are now many new studies on long-term trends in female workrates, the pattern of occupational segregation and its relationship to unequal pay for women workers, long-term trends in occupational segregation, […]
Etymology
From work + rate.
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.
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