azimuth
/ˈæzɪməθ/
"azimuth" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“azimuth” is uncommon English (frequency #52,162 among 35,202 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,162
- frequency rank, English
- 35,202
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | azimuth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæzɪməθ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “azimuth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
azimuth is uncommon English at frequency #52,162 among 35,202 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæzɪməθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for azimuth, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”). The correct English form is azimuth, spelled A-Z-I-M-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
- 2The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Etymology
From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “azimuth”
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- The one correct English spelling is A-Z-I-M-U-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.