hundredth
/ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/
"hundredth" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hundredth” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,609
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
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 | hundredth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hundredth” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around hundredth (IPA /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,609 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The ordinal form of the number one hundred.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for hundredth, with forms such as "hhundredth", "hnudredth", and "hudnredth". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hundred", "hundreds", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix). The Old English term was hundtēontigoþa. The correct English form is hundredth, spelled H-U-N-D-R-E-D-T-H.
Definition
- 1The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
Etymology
From Middle English hundred (“hundredth”); equivalent to and remodelled after hundred + -th (ordinal suffix). The Old English term was hundtēontigoþa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhundredth,hnudredth,hudnredth,hunddredth,hunderdth,hundrdeth,hundreddth,hundredht,hundredthh,hundredtth,hundretdh,hundrredth,hunndredth,hunrdedth,uhndredth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hundredth - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “hundredth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-U-N-D-R-E-D-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈhʌndɹə(d)θ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hundred” - see the side-by-side comparison. hundredth vs hundred
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.