70s
"70s" is a 1-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“70s” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The decade of the 1970s.
Corpus desk
Index EN-70s · 70s · English
70s · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "7" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 70s |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “70s” in English
Rare enough to double-check
70s is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for 70s, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is 70s, spelled 7-0-S.
Definition
- 1The decade of the 1970s.
- 2A range of the numbers seventy (70) to seventy-nine (79).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how 70s appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Such templates I heard only in the 70s and 80s — extreme nonprofessionalism and surprisingly visible censorship.
Many of his friends are joining a burgeoning international community of elderweds, or those who marry in their 60s, 70s or even 80s.
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.