coitus interruptus
"coitus-interruptus" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coitus interruptus” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coitus interruptus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coitus interruptus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
coitus interruptus is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coitus interruptus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”). The correct English form is coitus interruptus, spelled C-O-I-T-U-S- -I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation.
Etymology
From Latin coitus (“sexual intercourse”) + interruptus (“interrupted, cut short”), the perfect passive participle of interrumpo (“to interrupt, to cut short”).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coitus interruptus”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-O-I-T-U-S- -I-N-T-E-R-R-U-P-T-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.