sexual partner

noun

"sexual-partner" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sexual partner” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person with whom someone has sex.

Key facts for sexual partner
PropertyValue
Headwordsexual partner
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sexual partner” sits in English frequency

sexual partner falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for sexual partner is 14 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person with whom someone has sex.".

sexual partner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is sexual partner, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L- -P-A-R-T-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person with whom someone has sex.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexual partner"?
"sexual partner" is spelled S-E-X-U-A-L- -P-A-R-T-N-E-R.
What does "sexual partner" mean?
As a noun, "sexual partner" means: A person with whom someone has sex.
What language does "sexual partner" come from?
"sexual partner" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sexual partner”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-E-X-U-A-L- -P-A-R-T-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list