sixtieth
/ˈsɪksti.əθ/
"sixtieth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sixtieth” is uncommon English (frequency #79,981 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,981
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The ordinal form of the number sixty.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sixtieth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɪksti.əθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sixtieth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sixtieth is uncommon English at frequency #79,981 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsɪksti.əθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ordinal form of the number sixty.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sixtieth, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier sixteth, from Middle English sixtithe; equivalent to sixty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth. The correct English form is sixtieth, spelled S-I-X-T-I-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1The ordinal form of the number sixty.
Etymology
From earlier sixteth, from Middle English sixtithe; equivalent to sixty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sixtieth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-I-X-T-I-E-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.