# fifties vs fiftieth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fifties
*noun · IPA /ˈfɪftiz/ · frequency rank #22,085*
plural of fifty

### fiftieth
*adjective · IPA /ˈfɪf.ti.əθ/ · frequency rank #45,371*
The ordinal form of the number fifty.

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