Definition
The quality of being correct; correctness, accuracy, or moral propriety in conduct or speech.
Etymology
From Latin 'correctus' plus '-itude' suffix (denoting quality or state), modeled on words like 'rectitude,' creating a more formal equivalent of 'correctness.'
Kelly Says
Correctitude sounds like it should be a real word (and technically it is in some dictionaries), but it's almost never used because 'rectitude' or 'correctness' work better—it's a word that lost a competition it didn't know it was in.
Translations
BNবাংলা
সঠিকতা
sot-hi-ka-ta
CACatalà
correctitud
kor-rek-ti-tood
CSČeština
správnost
spra-v-nost
DADansk
retfærdighed
ret-fair-di-ghed
DEDeutsch
Richtigkeit
rik-tik-kayt
ELΕλληνικά
ακρίβεια
ak-ri-vi-a
ESEspañol
correctitud
kor-rek-tee-tood
FISuomi
oikeellisuus
oi-kee-lli-suus
FRFrançais
correctesse
kor-rek-tes
HUMagyar
helyeség
he-le-seg
IDBahasa Indonesia
kebenaran
ke-be-na-ran
ITItaliano
correttezza
kor-ret-et-tsa
KKKK
тәуелсіздік
ta-wel-si-dzhik
KMKM
ព្រឹត្តិការ
prou-t-ti-ka-ar
KO한국어
정확성
jeong-hhak-seong
MSBahasa Melayu
kebenaran
ke-be-na-ran
NLNederlands
correctheid
kor-rek-hayt
NONorsk
korrekthet
kor-rek-thet
PLPolski
poprawność
pa-pra-v-no-st'
PTPortuguês
correctitude
kor-rek-ti-tood
RORomână
corectitudine
kor-rek-ti-too-dine
RUРусский
правильность
pravil'no-st'
SWKiswahili
ukweli
u-kwe-li
TAதமிழ்
சரியான
sa-ri-ya-an
TEతెలుగు
సరియైన
sa-ri-ya-in
THไทย
ความถูกต้อง
khwam-tuk-tong
TLTL
katuwiran
ka-too-wi-ran
TRTürkçe
doğruluk
doh-roo-luk
UKУкраїнська
правильність
pravil'nist'
VITiếng Việt
đúng đắn
dung dan
ZUZU
ukuthula
u-ku-thoo-la