XIVth

adj

"xivth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“XIVth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.

Corpus desk

Index EN-xivth · XIVth · English

XIVth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "X" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for XIVth
PropertyValue
HeadwordXIVth
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “XIVth” in English

XIVthsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

XIVth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for XIVth, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

Etymologically, the entry records: From XIV (Roman numeral representing fourteen) + -th (ordinal suffix). The correct English form is XIVth, spelled X-I-V-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how XIVth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ENGLISH / of / THE XIVᵗʰ CENTURY, / illustrated by notes, grammatical and philological, / on / Chaucer’s Prologue and Knight’s Tale. / designed to serve as / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
  2. PROCEEDINGS OF THE XIVth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA / JUNE 22-28, 1972

Etymology

From XIV (Roman numeral representing fourteen) + -th (ordinal suffix).

Synonyms

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 "XIVth"?
"XIVth" is spelled X-I-V-T-H.
What does "XIVth" mean?
As an adjective, "XIVth" means: Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.
What is the origin of the word "XIVth"?
From XIV (Roman numeral representing fourteen) + -th (ordinal suffix). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list