seventeenth
sev·en·teenth/ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/adjective, noun
seventeenth is spelled S-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N-T-H: 11 letters and 3 syllables (sev·en·teenth). It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, seventeenth means “The ordinal form of the number seventeen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in seventeenth?
| Letters | 11: S-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: sev·en·teenth |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is seventeenth?
Seventeenth appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce seventeenth?
- /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
Seventeenth has 3 syllables, split sev·en·teenth in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-seventeenth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of seventeenth
- seventeenths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seventeenth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
noun
- 1
One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
- 2
An interval of two octaves and a third.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seventeenth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dix-septième, dix-sept |
| German | siebzehnter , siebzehnte |
| Portuguese | décimo sétimo , dezessete avos |
| Spanish | decimoséptimo , diecisieteavo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does seventeenth come from?
Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).