longitude
\lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd\
The verdict
“longitude” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,779 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,779
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angle formé par le méridien astronomique d’un lieu et le méridien de référence. La longitude est exprimée en degrés par les géographes, en heures par les astronomes, auquel cas elle est appelée asc...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longitude |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longitude” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for longitude is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,779 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for longitude, with forms such as "llongitude", "lnogitude", and "lognitude". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is longitude, spelled L-O-N-G-I-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1Angle formé par le méridien astronomique d’un lieu et le méridien de référence. La longitude est exprimée en degrés par les géographes, en heures par les astronomes, auquel cas elle est appelée ascension droite.
- 2Distance, en degrés, qui existe entre un astre rapporté à l’écliptique et le point équinoxial du printemps.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: llongitude,lnogitude,lognitude,longgitude,longitdue,longittude,longitudde,longitued,longiutde,longtiude,lonigtude,lonngitude,olngitude
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of longitude - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “longitude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-O-N-G-I-T-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɔ̃.ʒi.tyd\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.