sexuell
[sɛksuˈɛl]
The verdict
“sexuell” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,277 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,277
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexuell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sɛksuˈɛl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexuell” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for sexuell is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexuell, with forms such as "esxuell", "seuxell", and "sexeull". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "sexuelle", "sexuellen", "sexueller", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sexuell, spelled S-E-X-U-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1den Sex, die Sexualität betreffend
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esxuell,seuxell,sexeull,sexuel,sexulel,sexxuell,ssexuell,sxeuell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexuell - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sexuell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-E-X-U-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sɛksuˈɛl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sexuelle” - see the side-by-side comparison. sexuell vs sexuelle
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.