crossway
obsolete
crossway is spelled C-R-O-S-S-W-A-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crossway means “A crossroad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crossway is crossways.
How many letters and syllables are in crossway?
| Letters | 8: C-R-O-S-S-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 125,655th 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 crossway?
Crossway appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th 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).
What does crossway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA crossroad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crossway come from?
From cross + way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).