sextos
[ˈsekst̪os]
The verdict
“sextos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,355 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,355
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del masculino plural de sexto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sextos · sextos · Spanish
sextos · rank #90,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,355
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,953
- PHOTO-FINISH shona
Nearest frequency peer: shona (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sextos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- serviciales
serviciales
9,648 corpus weight
- sextos
sextos
9,646 corpus weight
- shona
shona
9,645 corpus weight
- sij
sij
9,643 corpus weight
- sillar
sillar
9,642 corpus weight
- simpatizaban
simpatizaban
9,640 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sextos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sextos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsekst̪os] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sextos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sextos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,355 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsekst̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del masculino plural de sexto.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sextos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sextos, spelled S-E-X-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del masculino plural de sexto.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.