sex toy

noun

"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.

Key facts for sex toy
PropertyValue
Headwordsex toy
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sex toy” in English

sex toyranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

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

  1. 1
    Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.
  2. 2
    A person willing to provide sexual pleasure to another at their beckoning.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It is illegal to go to Mexico with more than three sex toys.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sex toy"?
"sex toy" is spelled S-E-X- -T-O-Y.
What does "sex toy" mean?
As a noun, "sex toy" means: Any physical object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure.
What language does "sex toy" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list