sexualization
"sexualization" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexualization” is uncommon English (frequency #76,319 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,319
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of sexualizing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexualization · sexualization · English
sexualization · rank #76,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,319
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SGR
Nearest frequency peer: SGR (+3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “sexualization”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- selva
selva
23,688 corpus weight
- sexualizati…
sexualization
23,682 corpus weight
- SGR
SGR
23,679 corpus weight
- shallowness
shallowness
23,678 corpus weight
- shayla
shayla
23,676 corpus weight
- Sheedy
Sheedy
23,675 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sexualization” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexualization |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sexualization” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sexualization is uncommon English at frequency #76,319 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or process of sexualizing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sexualization in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sexual + -ization or sexualize + -ation. The correct English form is sexualization, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of sexualizing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sexualization appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We are inclined to doubt Pott's confident assumption that sexualization is a necessary consequence of personification.
Etymology
From sexual + -ization or sexualize + -ation.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).