Worksop
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)ksɒp/
"worksop" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Worksop” is uncommon English (frequency #81,986 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,986
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.
Corpus desk
Index EN-worksop · Worksop · English
Worksop · rank #81,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH WLW
Nearest frequency peer: WLW (-1 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 “Worksop”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- winer
winer
18,019 corpus weight
- Winnetka
Winnetka
18,018 corpus weight
- WLW
WLW
18,016 corpus weight
- Worksop
Worksop
18,015 corpus weight
- wormed
wormed
18,014 corpus weight
- wpm
wpm
18,013 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Worksop” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Worksop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ksɒp/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Worksop” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Worksop is uncommon English at frequency #81,986 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ksɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Worksop in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Worksop, spelled W-O-R-K-S-O-P.
Definition
- 1A town in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England.
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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