how to pronounce sixth

/ˈsɪksθ/

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sixth is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of sixth in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that was the sixth the best of times and …”

meanings of sixth

noun:

The person or thing in the sixth position.
The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.).
One of six equal parts of a whole.

adjective:

The ordinal form of the number six.

verb:

To divide by six, which also means multiplying a denominator by six.

sixth frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sixth occurs in english on average 12 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sixth can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sixth can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;