cycle path

noun

"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.

Key facts for cycle path
PropertyValue
Headwordcycle path
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cycle path” in English

cycle pathfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles
  2. 2
    Eggcorn of psychopath.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cycle path appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He's a twisted cycle path!
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cycle path"?
"cycle path" is spelled C-Y-C-L-E- -P-A-T-H.
What does "cycle path" mean?
As a noun, "cycle path" means: A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles
What language does "cycle path" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list