promptitude
noun
promptitude is spelled P-R-O-M-P-T-I-T-U-D-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, promptitude means “The quality of being prompt; alacrity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of promptitude is promptitudes.
How many letters and syllables are in promptitude?
| Letters | 11: P-R-O-M-P-T-I-T-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th 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 promptitude?
Promptitude appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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 promptitude?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-promptitude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of promptitude
- promptitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does promptitude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does promptitude come from?
From Middle English promptitude, from Late Latin prōmptitūdō, from Classical Latin prōmptus. By surface analysis, prompt + -itude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).