nine hundred

/ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

//ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd// num

"nine-hundred" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nine hundred” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nine-hundred · nine hundred · English

nine hundred · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Key facts for nine hundred
PropertyValue
Headwordnine hundred
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNumeral
IPA/ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “nine hundred” in English

nine hundredranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nine hundred is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.".

nine hundred has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is nine hundred, spelled N-I-N-E- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nine hundred"?
"nine hundred" is spelled N-I-N-E- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/.
What does "nine hundred" mean?
As a numeral, "nine hundred" means: The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.
How do you pronounce "nine hundred"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nine hundred" is /ˈnaɪn ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nine hundred" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list