Way of the Cross
"way-of-the-cross" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Way of the Cross” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-way-of-the-cross · Way of the Cross · English
Way of the Cross · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Way of the Cross |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Way of the Cross” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Way of the Cross is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Way of the Cross, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of Latin via crucis. The correct English form is Way of the Cross, spelled W-A-Y- -O-F- -T-H-E- -C-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1A series of pictures or statues depicting the Stations of the Cross, as laid out around a church, along a road etc.
- 2Religious devotions in connection with these stages.
Etymology
Calque of Latin via crucis.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.