7th

adj

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

The verdict

“7th” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,502 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.

#4,502
frequency rank, English
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of seventh.

Key facts for 7th
PropertyValue
Headword7th
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters3
Frequency rank#4,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “7th” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). 7th lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). 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, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. 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.

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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Using “7th”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is 7-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list