moving walkway
"moving-walkway" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moving walkway” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.
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Index EN-moving-walkway · moving walkway · English
moving walkway · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moving walkway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moving walkway” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moving walkway is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moving walkway, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is moving walkway, spelled M-O-V-I-N-G- -W-A-L-K-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moving walkway appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The slope [at Bank station, Waterloo & City] was always resented, especially on Monday morning, and it was supplemented by the installation of the Underground's first Trav-o-lator - or moving walkway - in 1960.
Interim London Transport Commissioner Andy Lord and Transport for London Chief Capital Officer Stuart Harvey opened two new 100-metre moving walkways and three new escalators connectting the Northern and Central lines at Bank station on October 28.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.