entryway
"entryway" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entryway” is uncommon English (frequency #52,298 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,298
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entryway · entryway · English
entryway · rank #52,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ens
Nearest frequency peer: ens (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “entryway”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- emanate
emanate
47,709 corpus weight
- encapsulate
encapsulate
47,706 corpus weight
- ens
ens
47,704 corpus weight
- entryway
entryway
47,703 corpus weight
- escalade
escalade
47,701 corpus weight
- facetious
facetious
47,694 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “entryway” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entryway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “entryway” in English
Rare enough to double-check
entryway is uncommon English at frequency #52,298 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for entryway, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From entry + way. The correct English form is entryway, spelled E-N-T-R-Y-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure; a pathway allowing entry into a locality or region.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entryway appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There were greeters handing out programmes in the entryway to the museum.
In those days the North Pass was the only entryway to the valley that was passable by cart or wagon traffic.
Etymology
From entry + way.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).