similitude
/sɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/noun
similitude is spelled S-I-M-I-L-I-T-U-D-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, similitude means “Similarity or resemblance to something else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of similitude is similitudes.
How many letters and syllables are in similitude?
| Letters | 10: S-I-M-I-L-I-T-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th 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 similitude?
Similitude appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th 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 similitude?
- UK /sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
- US /sɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-similitude.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of similitude
- similitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does similitude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Similarity or resemblance to something else.
Renaissance man thought in terms of similitudes: the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […] Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” – the sun and moon.
- 2
A way in which two people or things share similitude.
Renaissance man thought in terms of 'similitudes': the theatre of life, the mirror of nature. […] Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” – the sun and moon.
- 3
Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin.
- 4
A parable or allegory.
- 5
A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Similitude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense similarity or resemblance to something else:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | similitude, ressemblance, conformité |
| Spanish | similitud |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does similitude come from?
From Old French similitude, from Latin similitūdō. By surface analysis, similar + -itude.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).