sixties
noun, adjective
sixties is spelled S-I-X-T-I-E-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sixties means “Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sixties?
| Letters | 7: S-I-X-T-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sixties?
Sixties appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th 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 sixties?
Sixties has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sixties
- 'sixties
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sixties mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)
I remember living through the sixties.
- 2
The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
She retired at some point in her sixties, I don't recall exactly when.
- 3
The range between 60 and 69 Fahrenheit.
Highs in the mid sixties.
- 4
plural of sixty
adjective
- 1
From or evoking the 61st through 70th years of a century (chiefly the 1960s).
She coughed as she exhaled. Sixties weed had been nowhere near this strong.
noun
- 1
The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc. (but especially the 1960s)
- 2
USA period in American history centered around the counterculture movement of the late 1960s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sixties in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decade of the 1960s:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | années soixante, années 60 |
| German | sechziger Jahre, Sechziger |
| Spanish | años sesenta, sesentas |
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.