twentieth
twen·ti·eth/ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/adjective, noun
twentieth is spelled T-W-E-N-T-I-E-T-H: 9 letters and 3 syllables (twen·ti·eth). It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, twentieth means “The ordinal form of the number twenty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in twentieth?
| Letters | 9: T-W-E-N-T-I-E-T-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: twen·ti·eth |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is twentieth?
Twentieth appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce twentieth?
- UK /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/
- UK [ˈtw̥ɛ̃n.ti.əθ]
- UK /-ɪθ/
Twentieth has 3 syllables, split twen·ti·eth in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-twentieth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of twentieth
- twentieths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does twentieth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
The ordinal form of the number twenty.
noun
- 1
A person or thing in the twentieth position.
- 2
One of twenty equal parts of a whole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate twentieth?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of twentieth: T.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Twentieth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vingtième, vingt |
| German | zwanzigste |
| Portuguese | vigésimo , vigésima |
| Spanish | vigésimo, veinteno, veintésimo, vicésimo , veinteavo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does twentieth come from?
From earlier twenteth, twentith, from Middle English twentithe, twentiþe, from Old English twēntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty + -eth. Etymological notes twentith, twenteth is the expected development from Middle English twentithe, but in time, the opaque twent- was replaced by a more transparent twenty-, resulting in modern twentieth (in the speech varieties this occurred in, the weak vowel in the final syllable of twenteth, twentith was clearly distinct from that in twenty); similar processes explain the modern pronunciation of thirtieth, fourtieth, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).