partway
"partway" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“partway” is uncommon English (frequency #59,605 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,605
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To some extent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-partway · partway · English
partway · rank #59,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,605
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pascual
Nearest frequency peer: Pascual (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “partway”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Oxbridge
Oxbridge
40,401 corpus weight
- panto
panto
40,398 corpus weight
- partway
partway
40,396 corpus weight
- Pascual
Pascual
40,395 corpus weight
- paseo
paseo
40,394 corpus weight
- pathologic
pathologic
40,392 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “partway” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | partway |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “partway” in English
Rare enough to double-check
partway is uncommon English at frequency #59,605 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for partway, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From part + way. The correct English form is partway, spelled P-A-R-T-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To some extent.
- 2In part; part of the way; some of the way.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how partway appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The timetable for May-December 2022 reveals a service partway back to its pre-COVID level.
Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.
Etymology
From part + way.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).