skywalk
"skywalk" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skywalk” is uncommon English (frequency #84,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,757
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of skyway.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skywalk · skywalk · English
skywalk · rank #84,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,757
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slosh
Nearest frequency peer: slosh (+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 “skywalk”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- SJP
SJP
15,248 corpus weight
- skanky
skanky
15,247 corpus weight
- skeptically
skeptically
15,246 corpus weight
- skywalk
skywalk
15,244 corpus weight
- slosh
slosh
15,243 corpus weight
- snus
snus
15,240 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “skywalk” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skywalk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skywalk” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skywalk is uncommon English at frequency #84,757 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for skywalk in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sky + walk. The correct English form is skywalk, spelled S-K-Y-W-A-L-K.
Definition
- 1Synonym of skyway.
- 2A type of observation deck.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skywalk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Those who prefer to embrace the elements can investigate the open-air skywalk 1,000 feet above the street.
The proposed 120,000-square-foot project in downtown Houston has an elevated skywalk, which will connect the new building with the Wortham Theater Center, where the ballet presents six programs and “The Nutcracker” each year.
Etymology
From sky + walk.
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).