coital
"coital" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coital” is uncommon English (frequency #85,123 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,123
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or relating to coitus (sexual intercourse).
Corpus desk
Index EN-coital · coital · English
coital · rank #85,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,123
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH coif
Nearest frequency peer: coif (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “coital”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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14,878 corpus weight
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14,875 corpus weight
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14,874 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “coital” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coital |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coital” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coital is uncommon English at frequency #85,123 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to coitus (sexual intercourse).".
coital has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From coitus + -al. The correct English form is coital, spelled C-O-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to coitus (sexual intercourse).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coital appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sexual virility, coital potency rides high and arrogant over the commercial, artistic, social strivings of contemporary society[.]
Etymology
From coitus + -al.
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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