twenty-five

/ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/

//ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv// num

"twenty-five" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“twenty-five” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.

Corpus desk

Index EN-twenty-five · twenty-five · English

twenty-five · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for twenty-five
PropertyValue
Headwordtwenty-five
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNumeral
IPA/ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “twenty-five” in English

twenty-fiveranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

twenty-five is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.".

Zero misspellings are on record for twenty-five in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is twenty-five, spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y---F-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "twenty-five"?
"twenty-five" is spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y---F-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/.
What does "twenty-five" mean?
As a numeral, "twenty-five" means: The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.
How do you pronounce "twenty-five"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "twenty-five" is /ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "twenty-five" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list