sextoys

\sɛks.tɔj\

/\sɛks.tɔj\/ noun

The verdict

“sextoys” is uncommon French (frequency #56,264 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,264
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sextoy.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sextoys · sextoys · French

sextoys · rank #56,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,264
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH serf

Nearest frequency peer: serf (-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 « sextoys »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sextoys » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sextoys
PropertyValue
Headwordsextoys
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛks.tɔj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,264
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sextoys » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sextoystombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « serf » (#56,263), « Shelton » (#56,265), « sentiez » (#56,262). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sextoys » est au #56,264. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sextoys is uncommon French at frequency #56,264 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛks.tɔj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de sextoy.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sextoys in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sextoys, spelled S-E-X-T-O-Y-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sextoy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sextoys appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans ce pays, pourvu qu’on aie assez de tunes pour s’acheter l’impunité, on peut, sans coup férir, acculer les petites gens au suicide, racketter les invalides, choséifier ou sous-hommiser les faibles, les traiter comme des serpillières ou des sextoys.

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 "sextoys"?
"sextoys" is spelled S-E-X-T-O-Y-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛks.tɔj\.
What does "sextoys" mean?
As a noun, "sextoys" means: Pluriel de sextoy.
How do you pronounce "sextoys"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sextoys" is \sɛks.tɔj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sextoys" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sextoys", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list