edgeways
adverb, adjective, noun
edgeways is spelled E-D-G-E-W-A-Y-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, edgeways means “With the edge facing in the direction of movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in edgeways?
| Letters | 8: E-D-G-E-W-A-Y-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 edgeways?
Edgeways appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 edgeways?
Edgeways 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).
What does edgeways mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
With the edge facing in the direction of movement.
- 2
With the edge uppermost.
adjective
- 1
With the edge facing in the direction of movement.
an edgeways motion
- 2
With the edge uppermost.
noun
- 1
plural of edgeway
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Edgeways in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense with the edge uppermost:
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 edgeways come from?
From edge + -ways.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).