# nineteen vs nineties

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nineteen
*num · IPA /ˈnaɪntiːn/ · frequency rank #13,201*
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".

### nineties
*noun · frequency rank #24,255*
plural of ninety

## Source
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