cybersex
"cybersex" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cybersex” is uncommon English (frequency #92,507 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,507
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely by means of a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cybersex · cybersex · English
cybersex · rank #92,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,507
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH curdle
Nearest frequency peer: curdle (-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 “cybersex”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cuc
cuc
7,497 corpus weight
- cultish
cultish
7,496 corpus weight
- curdle
curdle
7,495 corpus weight
- cybersex
cybersex
7,494 corpus weight
- cyberwarfare
cyberwarfare
7,493 corpus weight
- cyclization
cyclization
7,492 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cybersex” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cybersex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cybersex” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cybersex is uncommon English at frequency #92,507 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely by means of a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.".
cybersex doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cyber- + sex. The correct English form is cybersex, spelled C-Y-B-E-R-S-E-X.
Definition
- 1A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely by means of a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cybersex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He went to his office and logged online to have cybersex for more than six hours.
Etymology
From cyber- + sex.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).