sex toy
"sex-toy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sex toy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sex-toy · sex toy · English
sex toy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 toy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sex toy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sex toy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sex toy 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sex toy, spelled S-E-X- -T-O-Y.
Definition
- 1Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.
- 2A person willing to provide sexual pleasure to another at their beckoning.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sex toy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is illegal to go to Mexico with more than three sex toys.
As with all sex toys, be sure to use lots of lubricants and clean them regularly.
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.