allosexual
/ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/
"allosexual" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“allosexual” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
Corpus desk
Index EN-allosexual · allosexual · English
allosexual · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allosexual |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “allosexual” in English
Rare enough to double-check
allosexual is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌæloʊˈsɛkʃuəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
allosexual has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural a… The correct English form is allosexual, spelled A-L-L-O-S-E-X-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual.
- 2LGB; queer; non-heterosexual.
- 3Directed toward or involving another person rather than (only) oneself.
- 4Involving or directed at the other biological sex; heterosexual; not isosexual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allosexual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gray-asexual [denotes] a person who is somewhere between 100% asexual and allosexual; they might only experience sexual attraction on very rare occasions, […]
Sexual assault is alarmingly common, yet most victims still identify as heterosexual, cisgender and allosexual (the opposite of asexual) after the trauma. Being sexual assaulted did not make me asexual, […]
Etymology
From allo- (“other”) + sexual. "Directed at or involving another rather than one's self" and "involving the other sex; heterosexual" are the most etymologically literal senses (regarding the latter sense, compare the structure of heterosexual), structural and semantic opposites of autosexual and isosexual. The sense "non-heterosexual" was influenced by (and had influence on) Canadian French allosexuel.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.