twenty-five
/ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/
"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 May 6, 2026) - The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | twenty-five |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˌtwɛntiˈfaɪv/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “twenty-five” sits in English frequency
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
- 1The 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.
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Using “twenty-five”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-W-E-N-T-Y---F-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.