workweek

noun

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

The verdict

“workweek” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,566
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The range of days of the week that are normally worked.

Corpus desk

Index EN-workweek · workweek · English

workweek · rank #48,566 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,566
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH woolsey

Nearest frequency peer: woolsey (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “workweek”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “workweek” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for workweek
PropertyValue
Headwordworkweek
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,566
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “workweek”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).workweeklands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “woolsey” (#48,565), “wombat” (#48,564), “whined” (#48,562). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “workweek” is #48,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around workweek, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,566 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The range of days of the week that are normally worked.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for workweek, with forms such as "owrkweek", "wokrweek", and "workewek". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From work + week. The correct English form is workweek, spelled W-O-R-K-W-E-E-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    The range of days of the week that are normally worked.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mrs. Lienemann, the French Housing Minister, sees socialist and ecological forces proposing what she calls “a new culture”—perhaps named “Ecosocialism”—that might, she believes, work for innovations like a 32-hour workweek, more democracy at the workplace, and “a greater stress on quality than quantity in everyday life.”
  2. That trial, which began the same week as the elections that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, remains a symbol, to a certain sort of Englishman, of the societywide breakdown of the 1970s, which was a decade of currency devaluations, crippling strikes, uncollected garbage and shortened workweeks.

Etymology

From work + week.

This word in other languages

Arbeitswoche(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrkweek
  • wokrweek
  • workewek
  • workkweek
  • workweekk
  • workwek
  • workweke
  • workwweek
  • worrkweek
  • worwkeek
  • wrokweek
  • wworkweek

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of workweek - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

owrkweek2wokrweek2workewek2workkweek1workweekk1workwek1workweke2workwweek1
Edit distance from "workweek"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "workweek"?
"workweek" is spelled W-O-R-K-W-E-E-K.
What does "workweek" mean?
As a noun, "workweek" means: The range of days of the week that are normally worked.
What are common misspellings of "workweek"?
Common misspellings include "owrkweek", "wokrweek", "workewek", "workkweek", "workweekk". The correct spelling is "workweek".
What is the origin of the word "workweek"?
From work + week. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "workweek", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list