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Twelveth vs Twelfth - What's the difference?

twelveth | twelfth |

As adjectives the difference between twelveth and twelfth

is that twelveth is twelfth while twelfth is the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

As a noun twelfth is

one of twelve equal parts of a whole.

twelveth

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (archaic) twelfth.

    • twelfth

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
    She finished twelfth in the race.

    Synonyms

    * commander * , 12th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XII

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
    • A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
  • (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

    • Synonyms

    * dozenth