sextant
/ˈsɛk.stənt/noun
sextant is spelled S-E-X-T-A-N-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sextant means “A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sextant is sextants.
How many letters and syllables are in sextant?
| Letters | 7: S-E-X-T-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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 sextant?
Sextant appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 sextant?
- /ˈsɛk.stənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sextant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sextant
- sextants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sextant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.
- 2
One sixth of a circle or disc; a sector with an angle of 60°.
- 3
One of six groups of adjacent teeth, excluding the wisdom teeth.
- 4
A radial cell division of segments in three series, a sixth part of the original.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sextant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense navigational instrument:
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 sextant come from?
From Latin sextāns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).