egritude

noun

"egritude" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“egritude” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Distress or sorrow.

Corpus desk

Index EN-egritude · egritude · English

egritude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for egritude
PropertyValue
Headwordegritude
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “egritude” in English

egritudesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egritude is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for egritude in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin aegritudo (“illness, sorrow”). The correct English form is egritude, spelled E-G-R-I-T-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Distress or sorrow.
  2. 2
    Physical sickness.

Etymology

From Latin aegritudo (“illness, sorrow”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egritude"?
"egritude" is spelled E-G-R-I-T-U-D-E.
What does "egritude" mean?
As a noun, "egritude" means: Distress or sorrow.
What is the origin of the word "egritude"?
From Latin aegritudo (“illness, sorrow”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list