cunnilingus
/ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/
"cunnilingus" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cunnilingus” is an uncommon English word, ranked #66,594 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,594
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cunnilingus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cunnilingus” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for cunnilingus is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,594 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cunnilingus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice. The correct English form is cunnilingus, spelled C-U-N-N-I-L-I-N-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1Performance of oral sex upon the vulva or vagina.
- 2Someone who performs oral sex on the vulva.
Etymology
From Latin cunnilingus (literally “cuntlicker”). The meaning shift, not yet complete in the early twentieth century, perhaps derives from figurative uses where the name for a person stands for the name of a practice.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-N-N-I-L-I-N-G-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌkʌn.ɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.