negritude
/ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/
"negritude" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“negritude” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-negritude · negritude · English
negritude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | negritude |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “negritude” in English
Rare enough to double-check
negritude is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɛɡɹɪˌt͡ʃuːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for negritude, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude. The correct English form is negritude, spelled N-E-G-R-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1The fact of being of black African descent, especially a conscious pride in the values, cultural identity etc. of African heritage; blackness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how negritude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Negritude is not wearing turbans and fezzes, though these may be quite alluring.
Long before Negritude had become a war-cry among the Black intellectuals of the Left Bank, Caribbean writers had been composing verses in French that were purely derivative, evoking the Parnassian and neo-Romantic influences of the end of the last century.
Etymology
From French négritude (coined by Aimé Césaire), from nègre (“Negro”) + -itude.
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.