work

\ˈwɝk\

/\ˈwɝk\/ noun

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The verdict

“work” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,297
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travail.

Corpus desk

Index FR-work · work · French

work · rank #13,297 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,297
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wii

Nearest frequency peer: Wii (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « work »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « work » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

work vs wow
50% similar
work vs world
60% similar
work vs works
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for work
PropertyValue
Headwordwork
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈwɝk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,297
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « work »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).workse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Wii » (#13,296), « XXIe » (#13,298), « votants » (#13,295). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « work » est au #13,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around work (IPA \ˈwɝk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,297 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for work, with forms such as "owrk", "wokr", and "workk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wow", "world", "works", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is work, spelled W-O-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Travail.
  2. 2
    Taf ,.
  3. 3
    Œuvre, ouvrage.
  4. 4
    Pièce à usiner (abréviation de workpiece).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In the second excerpt transcribed below, Tom Cruise is talking about his work with fellow Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman, whom he refers to simply as Dustin.
  2. This volume of specially written papers is a fitting tribute to Hyman Minsky’s work as it relates to the global financial and economic crisis that began in 2007 in the US and quickly spread around the world.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owrk
  • wokr
  • workk
  • worrk
  • wrok
  • wwork

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of work - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

owrk2wokr2workk1worrk1wrok2wwork1
Edit distance from "work"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "work"?
"work" is spelled W-O-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɝk\.
What does "work" mean?
As a noun, "work" means: Travail.
What words are commonly confused with "work"?
"work" is commonly confused with "wow", "world", "works". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "work"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "work" is \ˈwɝk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "work" come from?
"work" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

XXIe#13,298abat#13,305they#13,279song#13,268

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

shit6 variantspieux6 variantsfasses6 variantsMcDo6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list