roadway
/ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/noun
roadway is spelled R-O-A-D-W-A-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, roadway means “A way used as a road” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of roadway is roadways.
How many letters and syllables are in roadway?
| Letters | 7: R-O-A-D-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 roadway?
Roadway appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 roadway?
- US /ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/
Roadway 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)-Vealhurl-roadway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of roadway
- roadways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does roadway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A way used as a road.
- 2
The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
- 3
The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate roadway?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of roadway: rwy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Roadway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | estrada , faixa de rodagem |
| Spanish | carretera , calzada |
| French | chaussée |
| German | Fahrbahn, Straße , Straßendamm |
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 roadway come from?
From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).