pathbreaking
adjective
pathbreaking is spelled P-A-T-H-B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pathbreaking means “Opening a new path or approach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pathbreaking?
| Letters | 12: P-A-T-H-B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is pathbreaking?
Pathbreaking appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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).
Forms of pathbreaking
- path-breaking
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pathbreaking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Opening a new path or approach
a pathbreaking article
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does pathbreaking come from?
From path + breaking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).