9th
"9th" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“9th” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,652 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,652
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of ninth.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 9th |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #5,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “9th” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for 9th is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #5,652 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abbreviation of ninth.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for 9th, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is 9th, spelled 9-T-H.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of ninth.
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.
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Using “9th”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is 9-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.