sext
/sɛkst/noun, verb
sext is spelled S-E-X-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sext means “Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sext is sexts.
How many letters and syllables are in sext?
| Letters | 4: S-E-X-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sext?
Sext appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sext?
- /sɛkst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sext.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sext
Sounds like: sexed (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sext
- sexts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sexting participle, present
- sexted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sext mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Noon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight.
- 2
The service appointed for this hour.
- 3
A sixth: an interval of six diatonic degrees.
- 4
obsoleteAn organ stop of two ranks of pipes an interval of a sixth apart.
- 5
An electronic message, especially one sent by cell phone, involving sexual language or images.
verb
- 1
To send a sext.
Rebecca Loos claimed she was 'sexted' by Beckham
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sext in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to send a sext:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sexter |
| Spanish | sextear |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sext come from?
From Latin sexta (“sixth; sixth hour”). Doublet of siesta.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).