Ordinal Numbers

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Ordinal numbers Use our → number generator to see how to spell any desired number.

Table of Ordinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers from 1 through 1,000,0001stfirst11theleventh21sttwenty-first31stthirty-first2ndsecond12thtwelfth22ndtwenty-second40thfortieth3rdthird13ththirteenth23rdtwenty-third50thfiftieth4thfourth14thfourteenth24thtwenty-fourth60thsixtieth5thfifth15thfifteenth25thtwenty-fifth70thseventieth6thsixth16thsixteenth26thtwenty-sixth80theightieth7thseventh17thseventeenth27thtwenty-seventh90thninetieth8theighth18theighteenth28thtwenty-eighth100thone hundredth9thninth19thnineteenth29thtwenty-ninth1,000thone thousandth10thtenth20thtwentieth30ththirtieth1,000,000thone millionth Form Spelling of Ordinal Numbers Just add th to the cardinal number:

four - fourth

eleven - eleventh

Exceptions:

one - first

two - second

three - third

five - fifth

eight - eighth

nine - ninth

twelve - twelfth

In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number:

421st = four hundred and twenty-first

5,111th = five thousand, one hundred and eleventh

Figures When expressed as figures, the last two letters of the written word are added to the ordinal number:

first = 1st

second = 2nd

third = 3rd

fourth = 4th

twenty-sixth = 26th

hundred and first = 101st

Titles In names for kings and queens, ordinal numbers are written in Roman numbers. In spoken English, the definite article is used before the ordinal number:

Charles II - Charles the Second

Edward VI - Edward the Sixth

Henry VIII - Henry the Eighth