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waymark

noun

waymark is spelled W-A-Y-M-A-R-K: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waymark means “A sign or symbol marked in a prominent position in an off-road location to show the track of a footpath or route; fingerpost; guidepost; milestone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waymark is waymarks.

How many letters and syllables are in waymark?

Letters7: W-A-Y-M-A-R-K
In writingabout once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is waymark?

Waymark appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th 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).

Forms of waymark

  • waymarks plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does waymark mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A sign or symbol marked in a prominent position in an off-road location to show the track of a footpath or route; fingerpost; guidepost; milestone.

  2. 2

    A map coordinate stored within a satellite navigation system

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does waymark come from?

From way + mark.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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