worker
\ˈwɜː.kə(ɹ)\
The verdict
“worker” is uncommon French (frequency #72,013 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,013
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-worker · worker · French
worker · rank #72,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,013
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH whore
Nearest frequency peer: whore (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « worker »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- whigs
whigs
27,990 corpus weight
- whore
whore
27,989 corpus weight
- worker
worker
27,988 corpus weight
- writers
writers
27,987 corpus weight
- Xabi
Xabi
27,986 corpus weight
- xian
xian
27,985 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « worker » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | worker |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwɜː.kə(ɹ)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « worker » en français
Rare enough to double-check
worker is uncommon French at frequency #72,013 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈwɜː.kə(ɹ)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for worker, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is worker, spelled W-O-R-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrier.
- 2Thread qui réalise une tâche particulière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how worker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese (...) began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare.
Although the radiation levels identified are high, a threat to human health is very unlikely because apart from workers at the site, no-one goes there.
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.
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