sexagénaire
\sɛk.sa.ʒe.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“sexagénaire” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,449
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dont l’âge est compris entre soixante et soixante-neuf ans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexagénaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛk.sa.ʒe.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #46,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexagénaire” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around sexagénaire (IPA \sɛk.sa.ʒe.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,449 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dont l’âge est compris entre soixante et soixante-neuf ans.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexagénaire, with forms such as "esxagénaire", "seaxgénaire", and "sexagenaire". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sexagénaire, spelled S-E-X-A-G-É-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dont l’âge est compris entre soixante et soixante-neuf ans.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esxagénaire
- seaxgénaire
- sexagenaire
- sexaggénaire
- sexagnéaire
- sexagéanire
- sexagénaier
- sexagénairre
- sexagénarie
- sexagéniare
- sexagénnaire
- sexaégnaire
- sexgaénaire
- sexxagénaire
- ssexagénaire
- sxeagénaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexagénaire - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "sexagénaire"?
What does "sexagénaire" mean?
What are common misspellings of "sexagénaire"?
How do you pronounce "sexagénaire"?
What language does "sexagénaire" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “sexagénaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-X-A-G-É-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛk.sa.ʒe.nɛʁ\ (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
Same frequency band
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.