sexologist

noun

"sexologist" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sexologist” is uncommon English (frequency #90,972 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,972
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sexologist · sexologist · English

sexologist · rank #90,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,972
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH servlet

Nearest frequency peer: servlet (-3 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 “sexologist”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “sexologist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sexologist
PropertyValue
Headwordsexologist
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,972
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sexologist” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).sexologistfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “servlet” (#90,969), “shama” (#90,975), “serval” (#90,968). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sexologist” is #90,972. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sexologist is uncommon English at frequency #90,972 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.".

sexologist has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sex + -ologist. The correct English form is sexologist, spelled S-E-X-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile.
  2. Then there's US sexologist Ray Blanchard, best known for his ... well, problematic concept of autogynyphelia: the idea that trans women are actually men who feel attracted to their female-selves.

Etymology

From sex + -ologist.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexologist"?
"sexologist" is spelled S-E-X-O-L-O-G-I-S-T.
What does "sexologist" mean?
As a noun, "sexologist" means: Someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality.
What is the origin of the word "sexologist"?
From sex + -ologist. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sexologist", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list