# eighteen vs eighties

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### eighteen
*num · IPA /ˈeɪ(t).tin/ · frequency rank #9,463*
The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

### eighties
*noun · frequency rank #21,784*
The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

## Source
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