# Medway vs midway

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Medway
*name · IPA /ˈmɛdweɪ/ · frequency rank #43,783*
A major river which flows through East Sussex and Kent, southern England, and into the Thames Estuary.

### midway
*noun · IPA /mɪdweɪ/ · frequency rank #11,419*
The middle; the midst.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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