# heterosexual

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ · frequency rank #17,380

## Definitions
1. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.
2. Between two people of different sex.
3. Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex.

## Etymology
From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ehterosexual`, `heetrosexual`, `heteorsexual`, `heteroesxual`, `heteroseuxal`, `heterosexaul`, `heterosexuall`, `heterosexula`, `heterosexxual`, `heterossexual`, `heterosxeual`, `heterrosexual`, `hetersoexual`, `hetreosexual`, `hetterosexual`, `hheterosexual`, `hteerosexual`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heterosexual