same-gender

adj

"same-gender" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“same-gender” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Restricted to members of a single gender.

Corpus desk

Index EN-same-gender · same-gender · English

same-gender · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for same-gender
PropertyValue
Headwordsame-gender
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “same-gender” in English

same-gendersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

same-gender is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for same-gender in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is same-gender, spelled S-A-M-E---G-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Restricted to members of a single gender.
  2. 2
    Of, relating to, or between homosexual or bisexual men or women.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how same-gender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a same-gender school
  2. Some people live in a same-gender relationship.

Synonyms

Antonyms

mixed genderopposite genderopposite sexheterosexual

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "same-gender"?
"same-gender" is spelled S-A-M-E---G-E-N-D-E-R.
What does "same-gender" mean?
As an adjective, "same-gender" means: Restricted to members of a single gender.
What language does "same-gender" come from?
"same-gender" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list