sexual preference
/sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/
"sexual-preference" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexual preference” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexual orientation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexual-preference · sexual preference · English
sexual preference · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 preference |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sexual preference” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sexual preference is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /sɛkʃuəl pɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sexual orientation.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sexual preference, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is sexual preference, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L- -P-R-E-F-E-R-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Sexual orientation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sexual preference appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My family has shut me out from their lives because of my sexual preference.
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.