cycle path
"cycle-path" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cycle path” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles
Corpus desk
Index EN-cycle-path · cycle path · English
cycle path · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cycle path |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cycle path” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cycle path is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cycle path, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is cycle path, spelled C-Y-C-L-E- -P-A-T-H.
Definition
- 1A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles
- 2Eggcorn of psychopath.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cycle path appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He's a twisted cycle path!
Help me Beastie, I am being persecuted for my name.......as if I don't get enough stick for supporting the mighty Villa...........this Gits bloke is hounding me........I have a stalker.....a bunny boiler.......a twisted cycle path...........
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.