7th

adj

"7th" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“7th” is a English headword at frequency #4,502, used as an adjective.

#4,502
frequency rank, English
3
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-7th · 7th · English

7th · rank #4,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,502
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "7" thin
  • PHOTO-FINISH volunteer

Nearest frequency peer: volunteer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “7th”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “7th” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for 7th
PropertyValue
Headword7th
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank mark for “7th” on the English frequency scale

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).7thlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “volunteer” (#4,501), “acceptable” (#4,503), “Turkish” (#4,500). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & dictionary insight

The English entry for 7th is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #4,502 in overall English word frequency. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abbreviation of seventh.".

Zero misspellings are on record for 7th in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is 7th, spelled 7-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbreviation of seventh.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how 7th appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On February 7th, Wu Peifu put a savage end to the strike.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "7th"?
"7th" is spelled 7-T-H.
What does "7th" mean?
As an adjective, "7th" means: Abbreviation of seventh.
What language does "7th" come from?
"7th" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "7th", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list