5th
\ˈfɪfθ\
The verdict
“5th” is uncommon French (frequency #73,673), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,673
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de fifth. Cinquième, 5ᵉ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-5th · 5th · French
5th · rank #73,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,673
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "5" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH Érik
Nearest frequency peer: Érik (-3 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 « 5th »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- émérites
émérites
26,333 corpus weight
- épiscopaux
épiscopaux
26,332 corpus weight
- Érik
Érik
26,331 corpus weight
- 5th
5th
26,328 corpus weight
- accrut
accrut
26,325 corpus weight
- achalandé
achalandé
26,324 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « 5th » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 5th |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈfɪfθ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #73,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « 5th » en français
Rare enough to double-check
5th is uncommon French at frequency #73,673, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈfɪfθ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation de fifth. Cinquième, 5ᵉ.".
5th has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is 5th, spelled 5-T-H.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de fifth. Cinquième, 5ᵉ.
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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