# sixteen vs sixteenth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sixteen
*num · IPA /ˈsɪks.tiːn/ · frequency rank #7,743*
The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

### sixteenth
*adjective · IPA /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/ · frequency rank #17,720*
The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

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