intersexed
/ˈɪn.tə.sɛk.s(ə)d/
"intersexed" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intersexed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intersex.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intersexed · intersexed · English
intersexed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intersexed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɪn.tə.sɛk.s(ə)d/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intersexed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intersexed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɪn.tə.sɛk.s(ə)d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Intersex.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intersexed, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From inter- + sexed. Compare intersex. The correct English form is intersexed, spelled I-N-T-E-R-S-E-X-E-D.
Definition
- 1Intersex.
Etymology
From inter- + sexed. Compare intersex.
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.