longitud

/[lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,174

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

longitud is aSpanishnoun. It means: Magnitud física básica que permite la medida de la distancia que separa dos puntos en el espacio. Su unidad en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades es el metro. Pronounced [lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞]. It ranks #4,174 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with longitudes and lentitud.

Key facts for longitud
PropertyValue
Headwordlongitud
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,174
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of longitud in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for longitud is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,174 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for longitud, with forms such as "llongitud", "lnogitud", and "lognitud". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "longitudes", "lentitud", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is longitud, spelled L-O-N-G-I-T-U-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Magnitud física básica que permite la medida de la distancia que separa dos puntos en el espacio. Su unidad en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades es el metro.
  2. 2
    Distancia entre dos puntos
  3. 3
    Distancia angular, medida paralelamente al plano del Ecuador terrestre, entre el Meridiano de Greenwich y un determinado punto de la Tierra.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llongitud,lnogitud,lognitud,longgitud,longitdu,longittud,longitudd,longiutd,longtiud,lonigtud,lonngitud,olngitud

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for longitud

Misspelling Variants of "longitud"

llongitud9lnogitud8lognitud8longgitud9longitdu8longittud9longitudd9longiutd8
Misspelling Variants of "longitud"

Frequency rank: #4,174 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longitud"?
"longitud" is spelled L-O-N-G-I-T-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is [lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞].
What does "longitud" mean?
As a noun, "longitud" means: Magnitud física básica que permite la medida de la distancia que separa dos puntos en el espacio. Su unidad en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades es el metro.
What words are commonly confused with "longitud"?
"longitud" is commonly confused with "longitudes", "lentitud". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "longitud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "longitud" is [lõŋxiˈt̪uð̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "longitud" come from?
"longitud" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.