sexed
/sɛkst/adjective, verb
sexed is spelled S-E-X-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sexed means “Having a sex; being male or female” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sexed?
| Letters | 5: S-E-X-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sexed?
Sexed appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sexed?
- /sɛkst/
Sexed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with sexed
Sounds like: sext (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: sex ed (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does sexed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a sex; being male or female.
- 2
Having had its sex determined; having undergone sexing.
- 3
Having a quantifiable libido or particular sex drive.
highly-sexed
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sex
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).