rectitude
French, noun/ʁɛk.ti.tyd/
rectitude is spelled R-E-C-T-I-T-U-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rectitude is a French feminine noun meaning “rectitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conformité à la règle droite, aux vrais principes, à la saine raison”.
What does rectitude mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerectitude
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conformité à la règle droite, aux vrais principes, à la saine raison. 2. Qualité de ce qui est droit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rectitude
- rectitudes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rectitude?
- /ʁɛk.ti.tyd/
- \ʁɛk.ti.tyd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rectitude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rectitude in French?
rectitude appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).