4th
\ˈfɔɹθ\
The verdict
“4th” is uncommon French (frequency #72,868 among 10 “4” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,868
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- “4” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de fourth. Quatrième, 4ᵉ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-4th · 4th · French
4th · rank #72,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,868
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 10
- PHOTO-FINISH AAAA
Nearest frequency peer: AAAA (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « 4th »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 4th
4th
27,133 corpus weight
- AAAA
AAAA
27,132 corpus weight
- abandonnero…
abandonneront
27,131 corpus weight
- abbot
abbot
27,130 corpus weight
- abouties
abouties
27,129 corpus weight
- abrogeant
abrogeant
27,128 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « 4th » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 4th |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɔɹθ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « 4th » en français
Rare enough to double-check
4th is uncommon French at frequency #72,868 among 10 “4” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɔɹθ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de fourth. Quatrième, 4ᵉ.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for 4th, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is 4th, spelled 4-T-H.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de fourth. Quatrième, 4ᵉ.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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