bikeway
"bikeway" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bikeway” is uncommon English (frequency #88,124 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,124
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bicycle lane or path.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bikeway · bikeway · English
bikeway · rank #88,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,124
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bijan
Nearest frequency peer: Bijan (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “bikeway”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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bettor
11,884 corpus weight
- Bijan
Bijan
11,878 corpus weight
- bikeway
bikeway
11,877 corpus weight
- Billericay
Billericay
11,876 corpus weight
- blabbing
blabbing
11,873 corpus weight
- blemished
blemished
11,871 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bikeway” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bikeway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bikeway” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bikeway is uncommon English at frequency #88,124 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bicycle lane or path.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bikeway in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bike + way. The correct English form is bikeway, spelled B-I-K-E-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A bicycle lane or path.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bikeway appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Efficient measures have been taken to combine with the native cultural elements. Further, walkways and guardrails are also constructed along the bikeway that has been planned by the county government in order to magnify the sightseeing momentum for Chutien Township.
Etymology
From bike + way.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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