-itude
[ˌtjuːd]
"itude" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-itude” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-itude · -itude · English
-itude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -itude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˌtjuːd] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-itude” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-itude is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˌtjuːd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality.".
No misspelling variants are generated for -itude in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō. The correct English form is -itude, spelled --I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō.
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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.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.