cableway
noun
cableway is spelled C-A-B-L-E-W-A-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cableway means “A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cableway is cableways.
How many letters and syllables are in cableway?
| Letters | 8: C-A-B-L-E-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cableway?
Cableway appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th 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).
Forms of cableway
- cableways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cableway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cableway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense system of cables:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | téléphérique |
| German | Seilbahn |
| Portuguese | teleférico |
| Spanish | teleférico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cableway come from?
From cable + way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).