sexo
[ˈsekso]
The verdict
“sexo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #922 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #922
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Condición biológica que distingue al macho de la hembra, en las especies que presentan esta distinción
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsekso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sexo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsekso]. Corpus data places it at rank #922 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexo, with forms such as "cexo", "esxo", and "seox". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "six", "sto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sexo, spelled S-E-X-O.
Definition
- 1Condición biológica que distingue al macho de la hembra, en las especies que presentan esta distinción
- 2Conjunto de individuos de uno u otro sexo₁
- 3Por extensión, conjunto de roles y propiedades sociales que convencionalmente se atribuyen a cada uno de estos conjuntos en las culturas humanas
- 4Órganos genitales externos
- 5Acto sexual, biológicamente funcional a la reproducción de los animales vertebrados, en que entran en contacto los genitales de los participantes
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cexo,esxo,seox,sexxo,ssexo,sxeo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sexo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-X-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsekso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “so” - see the side-by-side comparison. sexo vs so
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.