sexton
\ˈsɛkstən\
The verdict
“sexton” is uncommon French (frequency #61,142 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,142
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacristain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sexton · sexton · French
sexton · rank #61,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,142
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sevrer
Nearest frequency peer: sevrer (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « sexton »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sernin
Sernin
38,862 corpus weight
- Seveso
Seveso
38,861 corpus weight
- sevrer
sevrer
38,860 corpus weight
- sexton
sexton
38,859 corpus weight
- sheng
sheng
38,857 corpus weight
- sinistrée
sinistrée
38,855 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sexton » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sexton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsɛkstən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sexton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sexton is uncommon French at frequency #61,142 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsɛkstən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sexton, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sexton, spelled S-E-X-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Sacristain.
- 2Fossoyeur.
- 3Nécrophore (sexton beetle).
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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