altitude
/ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/noun
altitude is spelled A-L-T-I-T-U-D-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, altitude means “The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of altitude is altitudes.
How many letters and syllables are in altitude?
| Letters | 8: A-L-T-I-T-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is altitude?
Altitude appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce altitude?
- /ˈælt.ɪˌtjuːd/
- /ˈælt.ɪˌt͡ʃuːd/
- /ˈælt.ɪˌtuːd/
Altitude has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-altitude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with altitude?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as altitude.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: latitude.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of altitude
- altitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does altitude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
As the altitude increases, the temperature gets lower, so remember to bring warm clothes to the mountains.
- 2
A vertical distance.
- 3
The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
All three altitudes of any triangle will always meet at point known as the orthocentre or orthocenter.
- 4
The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
The perpendicular height of a triangle is known as its altitude.
- 5
The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- 6
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- 7
datedElevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
- 8
Highest point or degree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate altitude?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of altitude: alt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Altitude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does altitude come from?
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin altitūdō (“height”), from altus (“high”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).