Hi-way or highway?
hi-way is a noun meaning “Abbreviation of highway”; highway is a noun meaning “A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare”.
What is the difference between hi-way and highway?
| hi-way | highway | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare Any public road To travel on a highway | |
| Example | none recorded | You're on a highway to greatness |
| Forms | hi-ways | highways |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈhaɪweɪ/ /ˈhɑjwɛj/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 31 times per million words |
Sources: hi-way and highway in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of hi-way and highway
hi-way
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSAbbreviation of highway
highway
- 1
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare
- 2
To travel on a highway
- 3
Any public road
- 4
A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
You're on a highway to greatness
- 5
Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, hi-way or highway?
hi-way is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; highway 31 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).