seventies

noun

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"seventies" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“seventies” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,492
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.

Corpus desk

Index EN-seventies · seventies · English

seventies · rank #20,492 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,492
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH ses

Nearest frequency peer: ses (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “seventies”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “seventies” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

seventies vs seventeen
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for seventies
PropertyValue
Headwordseventies
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,492
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “seventies”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).seventieslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “ses” (#20,491), “serene” (#20,490), “sharpe” (#20,494). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “seventies” is #20,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around seventies, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,492 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for seventies, with forms such as "esventies", "seevnties", and "sevenites". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "seventeen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is seventies, spelled S-E-V-E-N-T-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
  2. 2
    The decade of one's life from age 70 through age 79.
  3. 3
    The range between 70 and 79.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how seventies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I'm so bored of this decade, the seventies can't come soon enough.
  2. Our readers — and contributors — are apt to elect a good deal according to years. The seventies and eighties, we may suppose, are concerned for the large educational and cultural interests of their Alma Mater; the nineties are deep in the practical and business activities; the noughties are not naughty, but still young enough to sport a fantastic costume…

Synonyms

1970s'70s70s

This word in other languages

Siebziger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esventies
  • seevnties
  • sevenites
  • sevennties
  • seventeis
  • seventiess
  • seventise
  • seventties
  • sevetnies
  • sevneties
  • sevventies
  • sseventies
  • sveenties

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seventies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esventies2seevnties2sevenites2sevennties1seventeis2seventiess1seventise2seventties1
Edit distance from "seventies"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seventies"?
"seventies" is spelled S-E-V-E-N-T-I-E-S.
What does "seventies" mean?
As a noun, "seventies" means: The decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "seventies"?
"seventies" is commonly confused with "seventeen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "seventies" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seventies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list