eleventeen
"eleventeen" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“eleventeen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Twenty-one (21).
Corpus desk
Index EN-eleventeen · eleventeen · English
eleventeen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eleventeen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “eleventeen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
eleventeen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
eleventeen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From eleven + -teen. The correct English form is eleventeen, spelled E-L-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1Twenty-one (21).
- 2A relatively large number, not precisely specified.
- 3A nonsense number.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eleventeen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen.
"He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year."
Etymology
From eleven + -teen.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.