30th

/ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/

//ˈθɜː.ti.əθ// adj

"30th" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“30th” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of thirtieth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-30th · 30th · English

30th · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "3" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for 30th
PropertyValue
Headword30th
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “30th” in English

30thranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

30th is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of thirtieth.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for 30th, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is 30th, spelled 3-0-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbreviation of thirtieth.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "30th"?
"30th" is spelled 3-0-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/.
What does "30th" mean?
As an adjective, "30th" means: Abbreviation of thirtieth.
How do you pronounce "30th"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "30th" is /ˈθɜː.ti.əθ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "30th" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list