# eighty

> English word · Numeral · IPA /ˈeɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #10,356

## Definitions
1. The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English eightety, eiȝti, eiȝtety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutēhundą (“eighty”), equivalent to eight + -ty. Cognate with Scots hechty, auchty (“eighty”), Saterland Frisian tachentich (“eighty”), West Frisian tachtich (“eighty”), Dutch tachtig (“eighty”), Low German tachentig (“eighty”), German achtzig (“eighty”), Swedish åttio (“eighty”), Norwegian åtti (“eighty”), Icelandic áttatíu (“eighty”).

## Easily confused with
- **eight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eight-vs-eighty)
- **eighth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eighth-vs-eighty)

## Common misspellings (9)
`egihty`, `eigghty`, `eighhty`, `eightty`, `eightyy`, `eighyt`, `eigthy`, `eihgty`, `ieghty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eighty