# sixth

> English word · Adjective · IPA /sɪksθ/ · frequency rank #3,785

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

## Etymology
From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô. By surface analysis, six + -th (ordinal suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **sth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-sth)
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-south)
- **smith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-smith)
- **sixty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-sixty)
- **synth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-synth)
- **sloth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-sloth)
- **Smyth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-smyth)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-swath)
- **spieth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sixth-vs-spieth)
- **six** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/six-vs-sixth)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sit-vs-sixth)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/site-vs-sixth)
- **sits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sits-vs-sixth)
- **sigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigh-vs-sixth)
- **Seth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seth-vs-sixth)
- **Sikh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sikh-vs-sixth)
- **situ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/situ-vs-sixth)
- **sift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sift-vs-sixth)
- **sith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sith-vs-sixth)
- **silt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silt-vs-sixth)

## Common misspellings (8)
`isxth`, `sitxh`, `sixht`, `sixthh`, `sixtth`, `sixxth`, `ssixth`, `sxith`

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