fiftieth
/ˈfɪf.ti.əθ/
"fiftieth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fiftieth” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,371
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ordinal form of the number fifty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fiftieth · fiftieth · English
fiftieth · rank #45,371 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,371
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fibromyalgia
Nearest frequency peer: fibromyalgia (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “fiftieth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- factional
factional
54,635 corpus weight
- Fahey
Fahey
54,634 corpus weight
- fibromyalgia
fibromyalgia
54,631 corpus weight
- fiftieth
fiftieth
54,630 corpus weight
- flatbed
flatbed
54,627 corpus weight
- footbridge
footbridge
54,624 corpus weight
What this shows “fiftieth” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fiftieth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfɪf.ti.əθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fiftieth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fiftieth (IPA /ˈfɪf.ti.əθ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,371 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The ordinal form of the number fifty.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fiftieth, with forms such as "ffiftieth", "ffitieth", and "fifftieth". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "fifties", "fifteenth", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier fifteth, from Middle English fiftithe, fyftith; equivalent to fifty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth. The correct English form is fiftieth, spelled F-I-F-T-I-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1The ordinal form of the number fifty.
Etymology
From earlier fifteth, from Middle English fiftithe, fyftith; equivalent to fifty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffiftieth
- ffitieth
- fifftieth
- fifiteth
- fifteith
- fiftieht
- fiftiethh
- fiftietth
- fiftiteh
- fifttieth
- fitfieth
- ifftieth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fiftieth - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).