twenty-eight
/ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/
"twenty-eight" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“twenty-eight” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-twenty-eight · twenty-eight · English
twenty-eight · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | twenty-eight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “twenty-eight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
twenty-eight is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˌtwɛntiˈeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for twenty-eight, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is twenty-eight, spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y---E-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how twenty-eight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The lunar quality of Osiris's body is emphasized by his age of twenty-eight, the number of the phases of the moon.
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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.