sexual intercourse
"sexual-intercourse" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexual intercourse” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexual-intercourse · sexual intercourse · English
sexual intercourse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexual intercourse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sexual intercourse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sexual intercourse is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sexual intercourse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is sexual intercourse, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L- -I-N-T-E-R-C-O-U-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Coitus or genital-genital sexual contact.
- 2Sexual interaction, usually involving vaginal, anal, or oral penetration, between at least two organisms.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sexual intercourse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The yogi hopes to gain the universal feminine of Shakti by giving up sexual intercourse; he offers up his phallus in celibacy.
Sexual intercourse can be compared to a quarrel, on account of the contrarieties of love and its tendency to dispute.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.