stairway
/ˈstɛəweɪ/noun
stairway is spelled S-T-A-I-R-W-A-Y: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stairway means “A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stairway is stairways.
How many letters and syllables are in stairway?
| Letters | 8: S-T-A-I-R-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th 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 stairway?
Stairway appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 stairway?
- UK /ˈstɛəweɪ/
- British /ˈstɛːwɛj/
- /ˈstɜː(ɹ)weː/
Stairway 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: En-us-stairway.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stairway
- stairways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stairway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate stairway?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of stairway: stwy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stairway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | escalier |
| German | Stiege, Treppe |
| Portuguese | escadaria |
| Spanish | escalera, gradas, escalinata |
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.