Segue or segway?
segue is a verb meaning “To move smoothly from one state or subject to another”; segway is a noun meaning “A motorised vehicle for one person, ridden while standing, and having two…”. Use segue as a verb and segway as a noun (segway is also a verb: “To travel by Segway”). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) segway is about as common as segue.
What is the difference between segue and segway?
| segue | segway | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb, noun | noun, verb |
| Meaning | To move smoothly from one state or subject to another To make a smooth transition from one theme to another An instance of segueing, a transition | A motorised vehicle for one person, ridden while standing, and having two wheels on one axle that balances itself using gyroscopes and tilt sensors To travel by Segway |
| Example | I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage | none recorded |
| Forms | segues, segueing, segued | Segways |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɛɡweɪ/ | /ˈsɛɡweɪ/ |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words | about once in every 2 million words |
Sources: segue and segway 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 segue and segway
segue
- 1
To move smoothly from one state or subject to another
I can tell she’s going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage
- 2
An instance of segueing, a transition
- 3
To make a smooth transition from one theme to another
Beethoven’s symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next
- 4
To play a sequence of records with no talk between them
segway
- 1
A motorised vehicle for one person, ridden while standing, and having two wheels on one axle that balances itself using gyroscopes and tilt sensors
- 2
To travel by Segway
- 3
Alternative letter-case form of Segway
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, segue or segway?
segue appears about once in every 3 million words; segway about once in every 2 million words.
segue about once in every 3 million wordssegway about once in every 2 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search segue vs segway?
“segue vs segway” is searched about 4,400 times a month on Google and 420 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“segway vs segue”, “segue or segway”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.