sexismo

/[sekˈsismo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,158

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

sexismo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Discriminación de las personas en razón de su sexo, de modo tal que un sexo se considera superior a otro. Pronounced [sekˈsismo]. Often confused with sismo.

Key facts for sexismo
PropertyValue
Headwordsexismo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sekˈsismo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,158
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sexismo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sexismo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sekˈsismo]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,158 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sexismo, with forms such as "cexismo", "esxismo", and "seixsmo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sismo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is sexismo, spelled S-E-X-I-S-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Discriminación de las personas en razón de su sexo, de modo tal que un sexo se considera superior a otro.
  2. 2
    Creencia de que un sexo es superior a otro.
  3. 3
    Condiciones o actitudes que promueven estereotipos de roles sociales establecidos sobre diferencias sexuales

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cexismo,esxismo,seixsmo,seximso,sexismmo,sexisom,sexissmo,sexsimo,sexxismo,ssexismo,sxeismo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sexismo

Misspelling Variants of "sexismo"

cexismo7esxismo7seixsmo7seximso7sexismmo8sexisom7sexissmo8sexsimo7
Misspelling Variants of "sexismo"

Frequency rank: #28,158 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexismo"?
"sexismo" is spelled S-E-X-I-S-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [sekˈsismo].
What does "sexismo" mean?
As a noun, "sexismo" means: Discriminación de las personas en razón de su sexo, de modo tal que un sexo se considera superior a otro.
What words are commonly confused with "sexismo"?
"sexismo" is commonly confused with "sismo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sexismo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sexismo" is [sekˈsismo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sexismo" come from?
"sexismo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.