twentieth

Questions about twentieth

What does twentieth mean?

twentieth means "position 20 in a countable series of things". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twentieth?

twentieth has 3 syllables: twen-ti-eth. The stress falls on "twen". In IPA it is /ˈtwɛntiəθ/.

What is another word for twentieth?

Close synonyms include 20th. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twentieth a common word?

twentieth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.