# Medway

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɛdweɪ/ · frequency rank #43,783

## Definitions
1. A major river which flows through East Sussex and Kent, southern England, and into the Thames Estuary.
2. A unitary authority and borough in North Kent, England, which includes the Medway Towns on both sides of the river.
3. A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From Old English Medewæġe, from Romano-British Late Latin Madus.

## Easily confused with
- **midway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medway-vs-midway)
- **midday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medway-vs-midday)
- **media** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/media-vs-medway)
- **medal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medal-vs-medway)
- **Medea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medea-vs-medway)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/median-vs-medway)
- **medley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medley-vs-medway)
- **medial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medial-vs-medway)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emdway`, `mdeway`, `medawy`, `meddway`, `medwayy`, `medwway`, `medwya`, `mewday`, `mmedway`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/medway