The correct way to spell this number is forty.
"He is forty years old next month".
"Fourty" is a very common misspelling of the word. Which is understandable since "four" usually has a "u" in it.
The ordinal number 40th is spelled fortieth.
The cardinal number 40 is spelled "forty" and the adjective (ordinal) 40th is "fortieth".
The only number that meets that criteria is forty. The rest of the numbers do not go in alphabetical order, for example eight, the i comes after the h.
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The correct spelling of the number "14" is, indeed, "fourteen." The number "40," however, is spelled "forty."
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No, the correct spelling for 40 is "forty."
The correct spelling of the number 40 is forty.Some may believe that in UK English it is spelt "fourty", but this is not the case. The 'u' is always omitted. This is because in some accents, when the word originated, there was a difference in pronunciation between the word four and the word for.On the other hand, 14 is spelled "fourteen", retaining the 'u'.
The ordinal number 40th is spelled fortieth.
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Forty. For some reason, after four, and fourteen, we then drop the U. Silly British.
40 = forty
40 = forty.
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The number 40 is spelled forty.
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Yes, forty is the correct spelling for the number 40.