hallway
/ˈhɔlˌweɪ/noun
hallway is spelled H-A-L-L-W-A-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hallway means “A corridor in a building that connects rooms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hallway is hallways.
How many letters and syllables are in hallway?
| Letters | 7: H-A-L-L-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.2 times per million words; the 10,843rd 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 hallway?
Hallway appears 5.2 times per million words in written English, the 10,843rd 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 hallway?
- UK /ˈhɔːlweɪ/
- /ˈhaːlweɪ/
- US /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/
Hallway 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)-Vininn126-hallway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hallway
- hallways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hallway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hallway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense corridor:
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 hallway come from?
From hall + way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).