How do you spell Longitude?
Correct spelling
longitude
Remember 'longitude' comes from Latin 'longus' - think LONG-itude for length.
Why is longitude spelled this way?
From Latin longitudo, length. LONGUS (long). Longitude measures the long way around the earth — east-to-west lines that wrap the globe in a grid of measurement.
Common misspellings of longitude
longditudelongtitudelongitute
Example
The ship's captain carefully plotted their longitude to navigate across the Pacific Ocean.