# fifth vs fifty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fifth
*adjective · IPA /fɪfθ/ · frequency rank #1,719*
The ordinal form of the number five.

### fifty
*num · IPA /ˈfɪfti/ · frequency rank #4,376*
The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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