# longitude

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɒnd͡ʒɪtʃuːd/ · frequency rank #20,695

## Definitions
1. Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
2. Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
3. Length.

## Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō (“length, a measured length”), from longus (“long”).

## Common misspellings (13)
`llongitude`, `lnogitude`, `lognitude`, `longgitude`, `longitdue`, `longittude`, `longitudde`, `longitued`, `longiutde`, `longtiude`, `lonigtude`, `lonngitude`, `olngitude`

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