fourteenth
/ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/
"fourteenth" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fourteenth” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,313
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fourteenth · fourteenth · English
fourteenth · rank #18,313 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,313
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH flashed
Nearest frequency peer: flashed (-2 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 “fourteenth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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farmland
81,693 corpus weight
- fiercely
fiercely
81,691 corpus weight
- flashed
flashed
81,690 corpus weight
- fourteenth
fourteenth
81,688 corpus weight
- frontline
frontline
81,685 corpus weight
- geese
geese
81,684 corpus weight
What this shows “fourteenth” 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 | fourteenth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fourteenth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around fourteenth (IPA /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,313 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The ordinal form of the number fourteen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for fourteenth, with forms such as "ffourteenth", "foruteenth", and "fouretenth". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "fourteen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th. The correct English form is fourteenth, spelled F-O-U-R-T-E-E-N-T-H.
Definition
- 1The ordinal form of the number fourteen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffourteenth
- foruteenth
- fouretenth
- fourrteenth
- fourteenht
- fourteennth
- fourteenthh
- fourteentth
- fourteetnh
- fourteneth
- fourtenth
- fourtteenth
- foutreenth
- fuorteenth
- ofurteenth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fourteenth - 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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).