sexed
/sɛkst/
"sexed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexed” is uncommon English (frequency #54,476 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,476
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a sex; being male or female.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexed · sexed · English
sexed · rank #54,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,476
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH sev
Nearest frequency peer: sev (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sexed”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- semicolon
semicolon
45,529 corpus weight
- sensitively
sensitively
45,528 corpus weight
- SEU
SEU
45,527 corpus weight
- sev
sev
45,526 corpus weight
- sexed
sexed
45,525 corpus weight
- Shattuck
Shattuck
45,522 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sexed” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sɛkst/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexed” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sexed is uncommon English at frequency #54,476 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sɛkst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sexed, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is sexed, spelled S-E-X-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a sex; being male or female.
- 2Having had its sex determined; having undergone sexing.
- 3Having a quantifiable libido or particular sex drive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sexed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
highly-sexed
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.