beatitude
/biːˈætɪtjuːd/
"beatitude" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beatitude” is uncommon English (frequency #99,014 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,014
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beatitude · beatitude · English
beatitude · rank #99,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,014
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Beith
Nearest frequency peer: Beith (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “beatitude”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- basted
basted
992 corpus weight
- beatitude
beatitude
987 corpus weight
- Beith
Beith
985 corpus weight
- bejesus
bejesus
984 corpus weight
- Berar
Berar
983 corpus weight
- Bernina
Bernina
982 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “beatitude” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beatitude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /biːˈætɪtjuːd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beatitude” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beatitude is uncommon English at frequency #99,014 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /biːˈætɪtjuːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for beatitude in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English beatitude, beatytude, from Middle French béatitude, from Latin beātitūdō (“happiness, blessedness”), from beātus (“happy, blessed”). The correct English form is beatitude, spelled B-E-A-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
- 2Any of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beatitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.
Etymology
From Middle English beatitude, beatytude, from Middle French béatitude, from Latin beātitūdō (“happiness, blessedness”), from beātus (“happy, blessed”).
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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