sexuality
sex·u·al·i·ty/sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/noun
sexuality is spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 5 syllables (sex·u·al·i·ty). It appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sexuality means “The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sexuality is sexualities.
How many letters and syllables are in sexuality?
| Letters | 9: S-E-X-U-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: sex·u·al·i·ty |
| In writing | 9.3 times per million words; the 7,445th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sexuality?
Sexuality appears 9.3 times per million words in written English, the 7,445th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sexuality?
- UK /sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
- UK /sɛk.sjuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/
- US /sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/
Sexuality has 5 syllables, split sex·u·al·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sexuality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sexuality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sexuality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- personality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- immortality
- normality
- abnormality
- commonality
- punctuality
- universality
- centrality
- irrationality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sexuality
- sexualities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sexuality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex.
- 2
Sexual activity; concern with, or interest in, sexual activity.
- 3
Sexual potency.
- 4
Sexual orientation.
- 5
Sexual identity, gender.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sexuality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Sexualität , Geschlecht, Geschlechtlichkeit |
| Portuguese | sexualidade |
| French | sexe , sexualité |
| Spanish | sexualidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sexuality come from?
Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).