# Beltway

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,145

## Definitions
1. A 64-mile Interstate freeway surrounding Washington, D.C.
2. The expressway that surrounds another city.
3. The US federal government and policy and lobbying organizations, located in Washington, D.C., sometimes with a suggestion of their elitism or insularity

## Etymology
Extended from beltway (“freeway encircling a city”); compare also highway.

## Easily confused with
- **betray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beltway-vs-betray)
- **Beltran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beltran-vs-beltway)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbeltway`, `belltway`, `beltawy`, `belttway`, `beltwayy`, `beltwway`, `beltwya`, `belwtay`, `betlway`, `bletway`, `ebltway`

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