# spillway

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,899

## Definitions
1. A path designed to take away overflow safely.

## Etymology
From spill + way.

## Common misspellings (11)
`psillway`, `sipllway`, `spillawy`, `spillwayy`, `spillwway`, `spillwya`, `spilway`, `spilwlay`, `splilway`, `sppillway`, `sspillway`

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