walkway
/ˈwɔkˌweɪ/noun
walkway is spelled W-A-L-K-W-A-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, walkway means “A clearly defined path for pedestrians” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of walkway is walkways.
How many letters and syllables are in walkway?
| Letters | 7: W-A-L-K-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th 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 walkway?
Walkway appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 walkway?
- UK /ˈwɔːkˌweɪ/
- US /ˈwɔkˌweɪ/
- /ˈwɑkˌweɪ/
Walkway 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-walkway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of walkway
- walkways plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does walkway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A clearly defined path for pedestrians.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Walkway in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clearly defined path:
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 walkway come from?
From walk + way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).