n-th vs nth

n-th

nth

adj
  • Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. 

  • Occurring at position n in a sequence. 

noun
  • The item at position n in a sequence. 

  • The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series. 

How often have the words n-th and nth occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )