thirty-six
/ˌθɝtiˈsɪks/
"thirty-six" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thirty-six” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thirty-six · thirty-six · English
thirty-six · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thirty-six |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˌθɝtiˈsɪks/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thirty-six” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thirty-six is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˌθɝtiˈsɪks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.".
thirty-six doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is thirty-six, spelled T-H-I-R-T-Y---S-I-X.
Definition
- 1The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.