sixteenth
six·teenth/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/adjective, noun
sixteenth is spelled S-I-X-T-E-E-N-T-H: 9 letters and 2 syllables (six·teenth). It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sixteenth means “The ordinal form of the number sixteen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sixteenth?
| Letters | 9: S-I-X-T-E-E-N-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: six·teenth |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th 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 sixteenth?
Sixteenth appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 sixteenth?
- /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/
Sixteenth has 2 syllables, split six·teenth in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sixteenth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sixteenth
- sixteenths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sixteenth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
noun
- 1
One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
A sixteenth of 320 is 20.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sixteenth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | seizième, seize |
| German | sechzehnte , Sechzehntel |
| Portuguese | décimo sexto , dezesseis avos |
| Spanish | decimosexto , dieciseisavo |
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 sixteenth come from?
Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).