# roadway

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/ · frequency rank #17,943

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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".

## Easily confused with
- **roadmap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roadmap-vs-roadway)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oradway`, `raodway`, `roadawy`, `roaddway`, `roadwayy`, `roadwway`, `roadwya`, `roawday`, `rodaway`, `rroadway`

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