# seventh

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɛvnθ/ · frequency rank #4,711

## Definitions
1. The ordinal form of the number seven.

## Etymology
From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven, equivalent to seven + -th.

## Easily confused with
- **seventy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seventh-vs-seventy)
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seven-vs-seventh)

## Common misspellings (11)
`esventh`, `seevnth`, `sevenht`, `sevennth`, `seventhh`, `seventth`, `sevetnh`, `sevneth`, `sevventh`, `sseventh`, `sveenth`

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