thirteenth
/ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/
"thirteenth" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thirteenth” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,204
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ordinal form of the number thirteen.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thirteenth · thirteenth · English
thirteenth · rank #18,204 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #18,204
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH temperament
Nearest frequency peer: temperament (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “thirteenth”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- swallowing
swallowing
81,800 corpus weight
- tailed
tailed
81,799 corpus weight
- temperament
temperament
81,798 corpus weight
- thirteenth
thirteenth
81,797 corpus weight
- topless
topless
81,796 corpus weight
- torment
torment
81,795 corpus weight
What this shows “thirteenth” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thirteenth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #18,204 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “thirteenth”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around thirteenth (IPA /ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,204 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The ordinal form of the number thirteen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for thirteenth, with forms such as "htirteenth", "thhirteenth", and "thiretenth". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "thirteen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English thrittenthe, thrittethe, from Old English þrēottēoþa; equivalent to thirteen + -th (ordinal suffix). The correct English form is thirteenth, spelled T-H-I-R-T-E-E-N-T-H.
Definition
- 1The ordinal form of the number thirteen.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thrittenthe, thrittethe, from Old English þrēottēoþa; equivalent to thirteen + -th (ordinal suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htirteenth
- thhirteenth
- thiretenth
- thirrteenth
- thirteenht
- thirteennth
- thirteenthh
- thirteentth
- thirteetnh
- thirteneth
- thirtenth
- thirtteenth
- thitreenth
- thriteenth
- tihrteenth
- tthirteenth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of thirteenth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thirteenth", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).