How do you spell Altitude?
Correct spelling
altitude
Remember ALTUS means high - ALTitude keeps you at high ALTitude.
Why is altitude spelled this way?
From Latin altitudo, height. ALTUS (high). Altitude measures how high something stands — the same root gives us altar, originally a high place for offerings.
Common misspellings of altitude
altitutealltitudealtittude
Example
The pilot announced we had reached our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet.