longitudinal
\lɔ̃.ʒi.ty.di.nal\
The verdict
“longitudinal” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,946 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #50,946
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est étendu en long.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | longitudinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \lɔ̃.ʒi.ty.di.nal\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “longitudinal” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for longitudinal is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \lɔ̃.ʒi.ty.di.nal\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,946 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.
No misspelling variants are generated for longitudinal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is longitudinal, spelled L-O-N-G-I-T-U-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est étendu en long.
- 2Relatif à la longitude.
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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 “longitudinal”
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-I-N-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \lɔ̃.ʒi.ty.di.nal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.