a 11-year-old vs an 11-year-old

Both "an 11-year-old" and "a 11-year-old" are correct, but the usage depends on the pronunciation of the number. Use "an 11-year-old" when the number is pronounced with a vowel sound at the beginning (like "eleven") and "a 11-year-old" when the number is pronounced with a consonant sound at the beginning (like "one").

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a 11-year-old

This phrase is correct when the number is pronounced with a consonant sound at the beginning.

Use "a 11-year-old" when the number is pronounced with a consonant sound at the beginning, like "one".

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As a kid 11 years old, I want to be in that vortex of sound and color.
And to think that with the burning ovaries I've been always had, my dear, I might have had a daughter being 11 years old.
If your dad's worried about you standing out, he should put you in a crowd of 11- year-olds.
And it's a brown horse, 11 years old and answers to the name of Dennis.
A pulseless ice cube turned into a Jell-O loving 11-year-old in the same shift.
I don't want to get caught in a car with an 11-year-old kid.
I don't want to get caught in a car with an 11-year-old kid.
Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns - recognizing and responding to you.
I'm working in Kigali, Rwanda, jogging through the steep slopes, when I see, 10 feet in front of me, a little boy - 11 years old - running toward me, wearing my sweater.
Is there a 10- or 11-year-old who's better than you at your job?
You think it's easy being stuck in a cab with an 11-year-old who doesn't say anything?
What kind of a mom gives an 11-year-old a purse that costs thousands of dollars?
I was at that time 11-And-A-Half years old.
The crucified 11-year-old in my room.
Anna paquin was 11 years old.
11-year-old girl, thanks for your input.
What money I have is about 11 years old.
Among them were 11 year old Vasyl Valdeman and his family.
I had to justify myself to an 11-year-old.
Looks like 11 years old, maximum.

Alternatives:

a 10-year-old
a 12-year-old
a 15-year-old
a 20-year-old
a 30-year-old

an 11-year-old

This phrase is correct when the number is pronounced with a vowel sound at the beginning.

Use "an 11-year-old" when the number is pronounced with a vowel sound at the beginning, like "eleven".

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I had to justify myself to an 11-year-old.
The body of an 11-year-old child was found on Harbour Cliff beach at Broadchurch.
Which, God and Planned Parenthood willing, means you are the father of an 11-year-old.
Your client killed an 11-year-old boy and a 60-year-old man.
Might have been with an 11-year-old kid.
I have the hips of an 11-year-old boy.
And he's an 11-year-old boy.
That's a lot of chest hair for an 11-year-old.
Now beaten an 11-year-old child. Well done.
I had my gun pointed at an 11-year-old boy's head.
You kill an 11-year-old, you're going straight to hell.
It was a fake spell we got off the Internet probably written by an 11-year-old boy.
So I finally managed to hack through the firewall, and it turns out the cyber mastermind stealing credit card numbers is an 11-year-old from Minneapolis.
I've got an 11-year-old who was just done for twocking on Saturday.
I don't want to get caught in a car with an 11-year-old kid.
We have a gun found in your car that is the same caliber gun used in a drive-by over on Schoenherr resulting in the death of an 11-year-old boy.
How does an 11-year-old even know how to drive?
Being asked to do things that I wouldn't have thought possible that anyone could ask of an 11-year-old.
How could any adult be in love with an 11-year-old boy?
You're mother to an 11-year-old boy?

Alternatives:

an 8-year-old
an 18-year-old
an 80-year-old
an 800-year-old
an 8000-year-old

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