getaway
noun, adjective
getaway is spelled G-E-T-A-W-A-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, getaway means “A means of escape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of getaway is getaways.
How many letters and syllables are in getaway?
| Letters | 7: G-E-T-A-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is getaway?
Getaway appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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 getaway?
Getaway has 3 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).
Words people confuse with getaway
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: get-away (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with getaway?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as getaway.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gateway.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of getaway
- getaways plural
- get-away
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does getaway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A means of escape.
- 2
The effecting of an escape.
- 3
informalA vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.
They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Getaway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | escapatoria , escapada , fúgido, fugaz, de huida |
| German | Kurzurlaub, Erholungsort , Flucht- , Flucht |
| Portuguese | retiro |
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 getaway come from?
Deverbal from get away.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).