# temperature

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛmp(ə)ɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #2,319

## Definitions
1. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
2. An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
3. A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents.
4. A parameter that controls the degree of randomness of the output.
5. The general mood.
6. The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
7. The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperātūra (cf. also French température), from the past participle stem of tempero (“to temper”).

## Easily confused with
- **temperate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/temperate-vs-temperature)

## Common misspellings (16)
`etmperature`, `temeprature`, `temmperature`, `tempearture`, `temperatrue`, `temperatture`, `temperatuer`, `temperaturre`, `temperautre`, `temperrature`, `tempertaure`, `tempperature`, `tempreature`, `tepmerature`, `tmeperature`, `ttemperature`

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