exactitude
/ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/
"exactitude" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exactitude” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attention to small details; accuracy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exactitude · exactitude · English
exactitude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exactitude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exactitude” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exactitude is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attention to small details; accuracy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exactitude, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”). The correct English form is exactitude, spelled E-X-A-C-T-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Attention to small details; accuracy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exactitude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[W]hen making a passage from one feeding-ground to another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct—say, rather, secret intelligence from the Deity—mostly swim in veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line with such undeviating exactitude, that no ship ever sailed her course, by any chart, with one tithe of such…
He paced stiffly, looking with extreme exactitude at Lingard's face; looking neither to the right nor to the left but at the face only, as if there was nothing in the world but those features familiar and dreaded; […]
Etymology
From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.