# twelfth

> English word · Adjective · IPA /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ] · frequency rank #14,859

## Definitions
1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

## Etymology
From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),
Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`tewlfth`, `ttwelfth`, `tweflth`, `twelffth`, `twelfht`, `twelfthh`, `twelftth`, `twellfth`, `tweltfh`, `twlefth`, `twwelfth`, `wtelfth`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/twelfth