forty-five
/ˌfɔɹtiˈfaɪv/
"forty-five" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“forty-five” 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 May 6, 2026) - Cardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | forty-five |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˌfɔɹtiˈfaɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “forty-five” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
forty-five is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˌfɔɹtiˈfaɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for forty-five in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is forty-five, spelled F-O-R-T-Y---F-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Cardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.
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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.
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Using “forty-five”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-T-Y---F-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌfɔɹtiˈfaɪv/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.