six hundred
/ˈsɪks ˈhʌn.dɹəd/
"six-hundred" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“six 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The cardinal number occurring after five hundred ninety-nine and before six hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 600.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | six hundred |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈsɪks ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “six hundred” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
six hundred is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈsɪks ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number occurring after five hundred ninety-nine and before six hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 600.".
Zero misspellings are on record for six hundred in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is six hundred, spelled S-I-X- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1The cardinal number occurring after five hundred ninety-nine and before six hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 600.
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.
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Using “six hundred”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-I-X- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɪks ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.