sex kitten
"sex-kitten" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sex kitten” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sex-kitten · sex kitten · English
sex kitten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sex kitten |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sex kitten” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sex kitten is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sex kitten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman. The correct English form is sex kitten, spelled S-E-X- -K-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1A woman who is both sexually desirable and sexually active.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sex kitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even the Muppets — as mainstream and heterosexual as some of them may be — are favorites among many gay men; Miss Piggy, that porcine sex-kitten, adorns many a wall in gay bars.
Etymology
Coined circa 1958 to describe French starlet Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in the 1957 film And God Created Woman.
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.