getaway

noun

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"getaway" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“getaway” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,764
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A means of escape.

Corpus desk

Index EN-getaway · getaway · English

getaway · rank #14,764 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,764
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Georgian

Nearest frequency peer: Georgian (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “getaway”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “getaway” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

getaway vs gateway
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for getaway
PropertyValue
Headwordgetaway
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,764
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “getaway”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).getawaylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Georgian” (#14,763), “glamour” (#14,765), “foe” (#14,761). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “getaway” is #14,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around getaway, anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,764 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for getaway, with forms such as "egtaway", "geatway", and "getaawy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gateway", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from get away. The correct English form is getaway, spelled G-E-T-A-W-A-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A means of escape.
  2. 2
    The effecting of an escape.
  3. 3
    A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had to have the model. And what a model - tinted up by nature herself as the perfect complement of her own harmonics!

Etymology

Deverbal from get away.

Synonyms

leavetime offvacation

This word in other languages

escapatoria(Español)Flucht(Deutsch)retiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egtaway
  • geatway
  • getaawy
  • getawayy
  • getawway
  • getawya
  • gettaway
  • getwaay
  • ggetaway
  • gteaway

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of getaway - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egtaway2geatway2getaawy2getawayy1getawway1getawya2gettaway1getwaay2
Edit distance from "getaway"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "getaway"?
"getaway" is spelled G-E-T-A-W-A-Y.
What does "getaway" mean?
As a noun, "getaway" means: A means of escape.
What words are commonly confused with "getaway"?
"getaway" is commonly confused with "gateway". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "getaway"?
Deverbal from get away. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "getaway", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glamour#14,765excerpt#14,754empower#14,750drilled#14,747

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Georgian10 variantsdoorway10 variantsLaurent10 variantsmodular10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list