# sexting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/ · frequency rank #29,832

## Definitions
1. The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.

## Etymology
Blend of sex + texting.

## Easily confused with
- **sting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sting)
- **sexton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sexton)
- **siting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-siting)
- **sitting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sitting)
- **stating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-stating)
- **skating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-skating)
- **sifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sifting)
- **suiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-suiting)
- **sweating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sweating)
- **smelting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-smelting)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sheeting)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-sexting)
- **sewing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewing-vs-sexting)
- **selling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/selling-vs-sexting)
- **setting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/setting-vs-sexting)
- **serving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/serving-vs-sexting)
- **sending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sending-vs-sexting)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sexting)
- **seating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seating-vs-sexting)
- **sensing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensing-vs-sexting)

## Common misspellings (11)
`esxting`, `setxing`, `sexitng`, `sextign`, `sextingg`, `sextinng`, `sextnig`, `sextting`, `sexxting`, `ssexting`, `sxeting`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sexting