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How to spell seventieth

Seventieth is spelled S-E-V-E-N-T-I-E-T-H.

What it means: Coming next after the sixty-ninth in order.

In a sentence: Grandpa is celebrating his seventieth birthday with a big party. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear, and the order of ie.

Same family: seven, seventh, seventeen, seventy, seventies. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Seventieth comes from the Old English word 'seofontigoða,' built from 'seofon' (seven) and an old ordinal ending. The modern ending '-th' is used on many English ordinal numbers, like 'fourth' and 'tenth.'

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