sexually transmitted disease
"sexually-transmitted-disease" is a 26-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sexually transmitted disease” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sexually-transmitted-dis · sexually transmitted disease · English
sexually transmitted disease · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 28 letters
- VOW-11 11 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 | sexually transmitted disease |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sexually transmitted disease” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sexually transmitted disease is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sexually transmitted disease in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is sexually transmitted disease, spelled S-E-X-U-A-L-L-Y- -T-R-A-N-S-M-I-T-T-E-D- -D-I-S-E-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sexually transmitted disease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk? MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.