sexuell

/[sɛksuˈɛl]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,277

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

sexuell is anGermanadj. It means: den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend Pronounced [sɛksuˈɛl]. It ranks #8,277 in German word frequency. Often confused with sexuelle and sexuellen.

Key facts for sexuell
PropertyValue
Headwordsexuell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sɛksuˈɛl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,277
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sexuell in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sexuell is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sɛksuˈɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,277 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sexuell, with forms such as "esxuell", "seuxell", and "sexeull". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sexuelle", "sexuellen", "sexueller", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sexuell, spelled S-E-X-U-E-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esxuell,seuxell,sexeull,sexuel,sexulel,sexxuell,ssexuell,sxeuell

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sexuell

Misspelling Variants of "sexuell"

esxuell7seuxell7sexeull7sexuel6sexulel7sexxuell8ssexuell8sxeuell7
Misspelling Variants of "sexuell"

Frequency rank: #8,277 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexuell"?
"sexuell" is spelled S-E-X-U-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [sɛksuˈɛl].
What does "sexuell" mean?
As an adj, "sexuell" means: den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "sexuell"?
"sexuell" is commonly confused with "sexuelle", "sexuellen", "sexueller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sexuell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sexuell" is [sɛksuˈɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sexuell" come from?
"sexuell" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.