sext

/sɛkst/

//sɛkst// noun

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"sext" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sext” is uncommon English (frequency #67,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,036
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.

Corpus desk

Index EN-sext · sext · English

sext · rank #67,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,036
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sepulveda

Nearest frequency peer: Sepulveda (-2 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “sext”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sext
PropertyValue
Headwordsext
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɛkst/
Letters4
Frequency rank#67,036
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sext” 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).sextfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Sepulveda” (#67,034), “shapeshifting” (#67,038), “shawarma” (#67,039). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sext” is #67,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sext is uncommon English at frequency #67,036 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɛkst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sext in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta. The correct English form is sext, spelled S-E-X-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
  2. 2
    The service appointed for this hour.
  3. 3
    A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
  4. 4
    An organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.

Etymology

From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.

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 "sext"?
"sext" is spelled S-E-X-T. The IPA pronunciation is /sɛkst/.
What does "sext" mean?
As a noun, "sext" means: Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
How do you pronounce "sext"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sext" is /sɛkst/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "sext"?
From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta. 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 "sext", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Shum#67,045simp#67,049Sauk#67,019saco#67,007

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list