sexting
/ˈsɛkstɪŋ/
"sexting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,832. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,832
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexting · sexting · English
sexting · rank #29,832 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,832
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH senatorial
Nearest frequency peer: senatorial (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sexting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Schwab
Schwab
70,172 corpus weight
- senatorial
senatorial
70,170 corpus weight
- sexting
sexting
70,169 corpus weight
- Shankar
Shankar
70,168 corpus weight
- shimmer
shimmer
70,167 corpus weight
- shingle
shingle
70,166 corpus weight
What this shows “sexting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,832 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sexting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around sexting (IPA /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,832 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexting, with forms such as "esxting", "setxing", and "sexitng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sting", "sexton", "siting", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of sex + texting. The correct English form is sexting, spelled S-E-X-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sexting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.
But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect of sexting on relationship quality. Does sexting benefit or harm relationships?
Etymology
Blend of sex + texting.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esxting
- setxing
- sexitng
- sextign
- sextingg
- sextinng
- sextnig
- sextting
- sexxting
- ssexting
- sxeting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sexting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).