# September

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sɛpˈtɛmbə/ · frequency rank #741

## Definitions
1. The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
2. Celi, Roman goddess of September
3. A female or male given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].

## Etymology
PIE word
 *septḿ̥
Etymology tree
Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?
Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥
Proto-Italic *septəm
Latin septem
Latin September
Old French septembreder.
Old English
Middle English
English September
From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.

## Common misspellings (14)
`esptember`, `sepetmber`, `sepptember`, `septebmer`, `septembber`, `septemberr`, `septembre`, `septemebr`, `septemmber`, `septmeber`, `septtember`, `setpember`, `spetember`, `sseptember`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/september