How to spell tenth

Tenth is spelled T-E-N-T-H.

hear ittenth/tɛnθ/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Coming next after ninth in order.

In a sentence: I placed the trophy on the tenth shelf.

Same family: ten, tenthly, tens, tenths, tenfold. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Tenth” comes from Old English “teoþa,” related to the word for the number ten. It has long been used not only as an order in a sequence, but also in older English to describe a one‑in‑ten share (a tithe).

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