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The pattern is established. Once, twice, thrice, fourice (appears in the King James Bible) [no, it doesn't]...

Since there is no established words for five times, six times, etc; we will have to derive them. In this case we add together the suffix is -ice and an English number as the root. We expect this to follow a similar pattern to adding a "th" suffix to the roots indicating placement order: fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh. Proper spelling will be guided by natural ease of pronunciation and spelling precedence. For example:

once the i is dropped

twice the i replaces the vowel

Some guidelines

Following an n the suffix drops the i to keep the word one syllable, easing pronunciation.

Following a voiced vowel the vowel is replaced by -ice

Following a consonant -ice is added to the end

The v may changes into and f in some words.

once

twice

thrice

fourice

fifice (fivice)

sixice

sevence

eightice

nince

tence

elevence

twelfice (twelvice)

thirteence

...

twentice

twenty-once

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forice, fifrice, srice, serence, irice, nirice, terice, eleven times, twelve times, thirteen times...

The above are fanciful, creative, and most likely wrong. No words ever existed for more than thrice. There may be people who disagree, or who can supply sources for the above. See links.

Actually, the following are in ordinal structure:

once

twice

thrice

quadruple or fourfold

quintuple or fivefold

sextuple or sixfold

septuple or sevenfold

octuple or eightfold

ninefold

etc

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Perhaps, for our modern era ...

"once, twice, thrice, fource, fivece"

(hands' five fingers suffice)

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