sexy times

noun

"sexy-times" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sexy times” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Time dedicated to sexual activity; by extension, sexual intercourse.

Key facts for sexy times
PropertyValue
Headwordsexy times
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sexy times” sits in English frequency

sexy times falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sexy times is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Time dedicated to sexual activity; by extension, sexual intercourse.".

sexy times has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is sexy times, spelled S-E-X-Y- -T-I-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Time dedicated to sexual activity; by extension, sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexy times"?
"sexy times" is spelled S-E-X-Y- -T-I-M-E-S.
What does "sexy times" mean?
As a noun, "sexy times" means: Time dedicated to sexual activity; by extension, sexual intercourse.
What language does "sexy times" come from?
"sexy times" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “sexy times”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-E-X-Y- -T-I-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list