sexo
/ˈsɛks.əʊ̯/
"sexo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexo” is uncommon English (frequency #79,050 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,050
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexo · sexo · English
sexo · rank #79,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,050
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheff
Nearest frequency peer: Sheff (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “sexo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- secondment
secondment
20,957 corpus weight
- sere
sere
20,955 corpus weight
- sexo
sexo
20,951 corpus weight
- Sheff
Sheff
20,950 corpus weight
- Shiga
Shiga
20,949 corpus weight
- shitpost
shitpost
20,946 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sexo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛks.əʊ̯/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,050 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sexo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sexo is uncommon English at frequency #79,050 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛks.əʊ̯/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”).".
No misspelling variants are generated for sexo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish sexo, or from sex (“reproductive category”) + -o. The correct English form is sexo, spelled S-E-X-O.
Definition
- 1Synonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”).
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sexo, or from sex (“reproductive category”) + -o.
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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