broadway
/ˈbɹɔːdweɪ/noun
broadway is spelled B-R-O-A-D-W-A-Y: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, broadway means “An esplanade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of broadway is broadways.
How many letters and syllables are in broadway?
| Letters | 8: B-R-O-A-D-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 12 times per million words; the 6,230th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is broadway?
Broadway appears 12 times per million words in written English, the 6,230th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce broadway?
- /ˈbɹɔːdweɪ/
Broadway has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Broadway.ogg, En-au-Broadway.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-broadway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of broadway
- broadways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does broadway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An esplanade.
- 2
slangA straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em, or any of the cards (ace, king, queen, jack, ten) used to make such a straight.
noun
- 1
slangThe highest straight in poker, ace-king-queen-jack-ten.
adjective
- 1
Flashy; showy.
Since he got the recording contract, he's gone all Broadway.
- 2
slangOf, or pertaining to, the cards that make up a Broadway straight.
Broadway connectors
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does broadway come from?
From a Middle English antecedent, from an Old English one; by surface analysis, broad + way; more at Broadway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).