sexist
/ˈsɛksɪst/
"sexist" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexist” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,681
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexist · sexist · English
sexist · rank #12,681 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,681
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sentencing
Nearest frequency peer: sentencing (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sexist”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- seekers
seekers
87,322 corpus weight
- sentencing
sentencing
87,321 corpus weight
- sexist
sexist
87,320 corpus weight
- shaving
shaving
87,319 corpus weight
- shutdown
shutdown
87,318 corpus weight
- sic
sic
87,317 corpus weight
What this shows “sexist” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɛksɪst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sexist”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sexist (IPA /ˈsɛksɪst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,681 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexist, with forms such as "esxist", "seixst", and "sexisst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sexes", "semis", "sexism", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sex + -ist, after sexism. The correct English form is sexist, spelled S-E-X-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sexist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What was all that about? Well, like all women, she's shoe-mad. 't's a bit sexist, isn't it? Do you know one woman who isn't obsessed with shoes? No, but I only know one woman. And she just left the room shouting "THE SHOES!"
Yes, sometimes my lyrics are sexist / But you lovely bitches and hoes / Should know I'm trying to correct this
Etymology
From sex + -ist, after sexism.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esxist
- seixst
- sexisst
- sexistt
- sexits
- sexsit
- sexxist
- ssexist
- sxeist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexist - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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