English Ordinal Numbers
Ordinals for dates and rankings. Tap π to hear each one.
| Number | Short | Word |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1st | first |
| 2 | 2nd | second |
| 3 | 3rd | third |
| 4 | 4th | fourth |
| 5 | 5th | fifth |
| 6 | 6th | sixth |
| 7 | 7th | seventh |
| 8 | 8th | eighth |
| 9 | 9th | ninth |
| 10 | 10th | tenth |
| 11 | 11th | eleventh |
| 12 | 12th | twelfth |
| 13 | 13th | thirteenth |
| 14 | 14th | fourteenth |
| 15 | 15th | fifteenth |
| 16 | 16th | sixteenth |
| 17 | 17th | seventeenth |
| 18 | 18th | eighteenth |
| 19 | 19th | nineteenth |
| 20 | 20th | twentieth |
| 21 | 21st | twenty-first |
| 22 | 22nd | twenty-second |
| 23 | 23rd | twenty-third |
| 24 | 24th | twenty-fourth |
| 25 | 25th | twenty-fifth |
| 26 | 26th | twenty-sixth |
| 27 | 27th | twenty-seventh |
| 28 | 28th | twenty-eighth |
| 29 | 29th | twenty-ninth |
| 30 | 30th | thirtieth |
| 31 | 31st | thirty-first |
| 40 | 40th | fortieth |
| 50 | 50th | fiftieth |
| 100 | 100th | one hundredth |
| 1000 | 1000th | one thousandth |
The rules
- 1 β st, 2 β nd, 3 β rd, everything else β th (21st, 22nd, 23rd too)
- Exception: 11th, 12th, 13th always take th
- Spelling changes: five β fifth, nine β ninth, twelve β twelfth
- "ty" becomes "tieth": twenty β twentieth