sex shop
\sɛks.ʃɔp\
The verdict
“sex shop” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de sex-shop.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sex shop |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛks.ʃɔp\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sex shop” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sex shop is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛks.ʃɔp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de sex-shop.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sex shop in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sex shop, spelled S-E-X- -S-H-O-P.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de sex-shop.
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.
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Using “sex shop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-X- -S-H-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛks.ʃɔp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.