# alway

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈɔːl.weɪ/ · frequency rank #47,460

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of always.

## Etymology
From Middle English alwey, from Old English ealneġ, ealne weġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”). More at all, way.

## Easily confused with
- **awa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-awa)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-away)
- **awry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-awry)
- **array** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-array)
- **assay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-assay)
- **Anwar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-anwar)
- **aways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-aways)
- **always** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-always)
- **anyway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alway-vs-anyway)
- **ala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ala-vs-alway)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alan-vs-alway)
- **ally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ally-vs-alway)
- **alas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alas-vs-alway)
- **alma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alma-vs-alway)
- **alba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alba-vs-alway)
- **alta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alta-vs-alway)
- **alfa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alfa-vs-alway)
- **Ajay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajay-vs-alway)
- **Alla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alla-vs-alway)
- **Alva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alva-vs-alway)

## Common misspellings (7)
`alawy`, `allway`, `alwayy`, `alwway`, `alwya`, `awlay`, `laway`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/alway