sexes
\sɛks\
The verdict
“sexes” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #8,619 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,619
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de sexe.
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 | sexes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛks\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sexes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sexes is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛks\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,619 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de sexe.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexes, with forms such as "esxes", "seexs", and "sexess". 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, "sexy", "sites", "shoes", 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 French form is sexes, spelled S-E-X-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de sexe.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esxes,seexs,sexess,sexse,sexxes,ssexes,sxees
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “sexes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-E-X-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sexy” - see the side-by-side comparison. sexes vs sexy
- 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.