worker

/ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico)

//ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico)/ noun

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The verdict

“worker” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,391 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,391
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - artesão, artífice, obreiro, operário, trabalhador

Corpus desk

Index PT-worker · worker · Portuguese

worker · rank #93,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,391
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaporizar

Nearest frequency peer: vaporizar (-22 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “worker”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “worker” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for worker
PropertyValue
Headwordworker
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico)
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,391
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “worker” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).workercai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vaporizar” (#93,369), “urze” (#93,363), “urupema” (#93,361). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “worker” fica em #93,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

worker is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,391 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico). Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for worker, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is worker, spelled W-O-R-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    artesão, artífice, obreiro, operário, trabalhador
  2. 2
    pessoa que realiza trabalho num certo campo, atividade ou causa, como por exemplo numa pesquisa, numa causa social
  3. 3
    cada uma das peças eletrotipadas de um conjunto de placas de impressão
  4. 4
    inseto operário não reprodutivo (caso de abelhas, cupins, formigas, etc.), especializado na manutenção da coletividade
  5. 5
    inseto operário não reprodutivo (caso de abelhas, cupins, formigas, etc.), especializado na manutenção da coletividade
  6. 6
    thread que executa uma instância de tarefa específica dentro de um programa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Labour markets function through the interaction of workers and employers.

Synonyms

employeelaborerlabourerpeon

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "worker"?
"worker" is spelled W-O-R-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico).
What does "worker" mean?
As a noun, "worker" means: artesão, artífice, obreiro, operário, trabalhador
How do you pronounce "worker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "worker" is /ˈwɜː.kə/ (britânico). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "worker" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trajar#93,340boeira#93,524satura#93,254saiote#93,246

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list