# erudite

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɛɹ.ʊ.daɪt/ · frequency rank #39,316

## Definitions
1. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

## Etymology
From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō (“educate, train”), from e- (“out of”) + rudis (“rude, unskilled”). Doublet of erudit.

## Common misspellings (9)
`erduite`, `errudite`, `eruddite`, `erudiet`, `eruditte`, `erudtie`, `eruidte`, `eurdite`, `reudite`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/erudite