sexlessness

noun

"sexlessness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sexlessness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being sexless.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sexlessness · sexlessness · English

sexlessness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for sexlessness
PropertyValue
Headwordsexlessness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sexlessness” in English

sexlessnessranks 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

sexlessness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being sexless.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sexlessness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sexless + -ness. The correct English form is sexlessness, spelled S-E-X-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being sexless.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This brings us to fertility-challenged Japan, which is in the midst of a demographic crisis and has become something of a case study in the dangers of sexlessness.

Etymology

From sexless + -ness.

Synonyms

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 "sexlessness"?
"sexlessness" is spelled S-E-X-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "sexlessness" mean?
As a noun, "sexlessness" means: The property of being sexless.
What is the origin of the word "sexlessness"?
From sexless + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list