9th
"9th" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“9th” is a English headword at frequency #5,652, used as an adjective.
- #5,652
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of ninth.
Corpus desk
Index EN-9th · 9th · English
9th · rank #5,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,652
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "9" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH wrapped
Nearest frequency peer: wrapped (-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 “9th”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Welsh
Welsh
94,352 corpus weight
- workshop
workshop
94,351 corpus weight
- wrapped
wrapped
94,350 corpus weight
- 9th
9th
94,349 corpus weight
- aboard
aboard
94,348 corpus weight
- abstract
abstract
94,347 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “9th” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band.
| 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) |
Rank mark for “9th” on the English frequency scale
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. 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how 9th appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Frankish monk Smaragdus, who wrote at the beginning of the 9th century […]
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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