# sixth vs synth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sixth
*adjective · IPA /sɪksθ/ · frequency rank #3,785*
The ordinal form of the number six.

### synth
*noun · IPA /sɪnθ/ · frequency rank #18,442*
A musical synthesizer.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-synth