sixties

Name: sixties, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sixties” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,185
frequency rank, English: 6,566
“S” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)

Corpus desk

Index EN-sixties · sixties · English

sixties · rank #18,185 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,185
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,566
PHOTO-FINISH sensual

Nearest frequency peer: sensual (-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.

satirical

81,820
sensual

81,817
sixties

81,816
slapping

81,815
slump

81,814
soften

81,813

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

sixties vs sites

71% similar

sixties vs sixteen

71% similar

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

Key facts for sixties
Property	Value
Headword	sixties
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#18,185
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sixties”

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

#18,185

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “sensual” (#18,184), “slapping” (#18,186), “slump” (#18,187). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sixties” is #18,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sixties, anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,185 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sixties, with forms such as "isxties", "sitxies", and "sixites". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sites", "sixteen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is sixties, spelled S-I-X-T-I-E-S.

Definition

1
Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)
2
The decade of one's life from age 60 through age 69.
3
The range between 60 and 69 Fahrenheit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

I remember living through the sixties.
During the sixties [1860s] the Sabbatarians were particularly active in their attacks on Sunday excursions, and this had an effect both on the companies and the public.

Synonyms

1960s '60s 60s

This word in other languages

années 60(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

isxties
sitxies
sixites
sixteis
sixtiess
sixtise
sixtties
sixxties
ssixties
sxities

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sixties - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "sixties"

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 "sixties"?

"sixties" is spelled S-I-X-T-I-E-S.

What does "sixties" mean?

As a noun, "sixties" means: Alternative letter-case form of Sixties (The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)

What words are commonly confused with "sixties"?

"sixties" is commonly confused with "sites", "sixteen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "sixties" come from?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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