sexually
/ˈsɛksjʊəli/adverb
sexually is spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is sexaully: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 25 of all searches for the word. Sexually is an adverb meaning “In a sexual manner; erotically”.
How many letters and syllables are in sexually?
| Letters | 8: S-E-X-U-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,778th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, sexaully, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell sexually?
Sexually is spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 25 of the searches for sexually in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is sexually?
Sexually appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,778th 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 sexually?
- /ˈsɛksjʊəli/
- /ˈsɛkʃʊəli/
- /ˈsɛkʃəli/
Sexually has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sexually.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sexually
- more sexually comparative
- most sexually superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sexually mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a sexual manner; erotically.
She kissed him sexually.
- 2
With respect to sex (either of the two divisions of organisms).
The firm discriminated sexually in its hiring and retention practices.
- 3
With respect to sexual intercourse.
He was sexually active by the age of fifteen.
- 4
By means of sexual intercourse.
AIDS and gonorrhea are sexually transmitted diseases.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sexually in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a sexual manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sexuellement |
| German | sexuell |
| Portuguese | sexualmente |
| Spanish | sexualmente |
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.