habitude
/ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/noun
habitude is spelled H-A-B-I-T-U-D-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, habitude means “Habit; custom; usage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of habitude is habitudes.
How many letters and syllables are in habitude?
| Letters | 8: H-A-B-I-T-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is habitude?
Habitude appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce habitude?
- UK /ˈhæbɪˌtjuːd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-habitude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of habitude
- habitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does habitude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicThe essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
- 2
archaicHabitual disposition; normal or characteristic mode of behaviour, whether from habit or from nature
An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health.
- 3
obsoleteBehaviour or manner of existence in relation to something else; relation; respect.
- 4
obsoleteIn full habitude: fully, wholly, entirely; in all respects.
- 5
obsoletehabitual association; familiar relation; acquaintance; familiarity; intimacy; association; intercourse.
- 6
obsoletean associate; an acquaintance; someone with whom one is familiar.
La Corneus and Sallyes were the only habitudes we had.
- 7
Habit; custom; usage.
Which […] by long habitude, are thought rather vertue than vice among them.
- 8
obsoleteThe various ways in which one substance reacts with another; chemical reaction.
Most authors who have had occasion to describe naphthaline, have noticed its habitudes with sulphuric acid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does habitude come from?
From Middle English habitude, from Middle French habitude, from Latin habitūdō (“condition, plight, habit, appearance”), from habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).