sexos

/[ˈseksos]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,251

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sexos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de sexo. Pronounced [ˈseksos]. Often confused with sos and sexy.

Key facts for sexos
PropertyValue
Headwordsexos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈseksos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,251
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sexos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseksos]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,251 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de sexo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sexos, with forms such as "cexos", "esxos", and "seoxs". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sos", "sexy", "somos", and more, 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 sexos, spelled S-E-X-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de sexo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cexos,esxos,seoxs,sexoss,sexso,sexxos,ssexos,sxeos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sexos

Misspelling Variants of "sexos"

cexos5esxos5seoxs5sexoss6sexso5sexxos6ssexos6sxeos5
Misspelling Variants of "sexos"

Frequency rank: #12,251 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexos"?
"sexos" is spelled S-E-X-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseksos].
What does "sexos" mean?
As a noun, "sexos" means: Forma del plural de sexo.
What words are commonly confused with "sexos"?
"sexos" is commonly confused with "sos", "sexy", "somos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sexos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sexos" is [ˈseksos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sexos" come from?
"sexos" 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.