asexuality
/ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
"asexuality" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“asexuality” is uncommon English (frequency #89,114 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,114
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being asexual:
Corpus desk
Index EN-asexuality · asexuality · English
asexuality · rank #89,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,114
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH arthroscopy
Nearest frequency peer: arthroscopy (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “asexuality”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Armstead
Armstead
10,891 corpus weight
- arthroscopy
arthroscopy
10,888 corpus weight
- asexuality
asexuality
10,887 corpus weight
- asse
asse
10,884 corpus weight
- Assiniboine
Assiniboine
10,882 corpus weight
- Astbury
Astbury
10,881 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “asexuality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asexuality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “asexuality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
asexuality is uncommon English at frequency #89,114 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌeɪ.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
asexuality doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity. The correct English form is asexuality, spelled A-S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being asexual:
- 2The state or quality of being asexual:
- 3The state or quality of being asexual:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asexuality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The same holds for Vincentius Victor in his discussion of the asexuality of the corporeal form of the soul. In Lactantius, who emphasizes the uncertainty concerning the sex of the phoenix, and in Zeno of Verona, who says that the phoenix is for itself both sexes, the background is again formed by the inferred asexuality of the phoenix.
The asexuality of insects is, in almost all cases, known to be a derived condition. That is, their evolution was contingent on the sexuality of their ancestral forms.
Etymology
From a- (“lacking, without”) + sexuality, equivalent to asexual + -ity.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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