different between fourth vs fourty

English

Etymology

From Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English f?orþa, f?owerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþ?, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four +? -th.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???/
• (General American) enPR: fôrth, IPA^(key): /f???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(?)??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?
• Homophone: forth

Adjective

fourth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number four.

Usage notes

Abbreviations: 4th, 4^th, IVth, IIIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English) IV, IV.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fourth (plural fourths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
2. (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
3. (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
4. (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

Synonyms

• (quarter): fourth part, quarter, ¼

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

fourth

1. Alternative form of ferthe

English

Numeral

fourty

1. Obsolete spelling of forty
   • 1719—1762 (published 1908): George Waldo Browne (editor), Early Records of Londonderry, Windham, and Derry, N. H.

     [I]t is also voted and hereby to be understood that we have concluded to pay yearly or per annum one hundred and fourty pounds Salary […]

2. Misspelling of forty.