driveway
/ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/noun
driveway is spelled D-R-I-V-E-W-A-Y: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, driveway means “A short private road that leads to a house or garage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of driveway is driveways.
How many letters and syllables are in driveway?
| Letters | 8: D-R-I-V-E-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th 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 driveway?
Driveway appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 driveway?
- US /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/
Driveway 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-driveway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of driveway
- driveways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does driveway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKUSA short private road that leads to a house or garage.
- 2
USA road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security.
- 3
Synonym of droveway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Driveway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense short private road that leads to a house or garage:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | allée, sortie de véhicules |
| German | Einfahrt, Auffahrt, Zufahrt, Ein- und Ausfahrt |
| Spanish | entrada (para coches), vado, chaflán, badén |
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 driveway come from?
From drive + way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).