sex reassignment surgery
/ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/
"sex-reassignment-surgery" is a 22-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sex reassignment surgery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people ...
Corpus desk
Index EN-sex-reassignment-surgery · sex reassignment surgery · English
sex reassignment surgery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 24 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 reassignment surgery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sex reassignment surgery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sex reassignment surgery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people ...".
sex reassignment surgery has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is sex reassignment surgery, spelled S-E-X- -R-E-A-S-S-I-G-N-M-E-N-T- -S-U-R-G-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.
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.