sexy

\sɛk.si\

/\sɛk.si\/ adj

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The verdict

“sexy” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,963
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sexuellement attirant ; aguichant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sexy · sexy · French

sexy · rank #2,963 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,963
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH réussite

Nearest frequency peer: réussite (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sexy »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sexy » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sexy vs sy
50% similar
sexy vs six
50% similar
sexy vs sox
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sexy
PropertyValue
Headwordsexy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛk.si\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,963
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sexy »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sexyse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réussite » (#2,962), « situations » (#2,964), « résoudre » (#2,961). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sexy » est au #2,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sexy (IPA \sɛk.si\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,963 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sexy, with forms such as "esxy", "sexxy", and "sexyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sy", "six", "sox", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 sexy, spelled S-E-X-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sexuellement attirant ; aguichant.
  2. 2
    Attrayant.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un couple de nombres premiers dont la différence vaut 6, c’est-à-dire pouvant s’écrire p et p + 6.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans une entreprise, on reconnaît vite les filles qui couchent avec un collègue : ce sont les seules qui s’habillent sexy.
  2. Les filles sortent apprêtées, pas «chagasses» pour un sou comme à Montpellier ni « cagoles » comme à Nice, mais très maquillées, sexy dans leur petite robe noire, sans trop en faire.

This word in other languages

sexy(English)sexi(Español)sensual(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esxy
  • sexxy
  • sexyy
  • seyx
  • ssexy
  • sxey

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sexy - 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.

esxy2sexxy1sexyy1seyx2ssexy1sxey2
Edit distance from "sexy"

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 "sexy"?
"sexy" is spelled S-E-X-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛk.si\.
What does "sexy" mean?
As an adjective, "sexy" means: Sexuellement attirant ; aguichant.
What words are commonly confused with "sexy"?
"sexy" is commonly confused with "sy", "six", "sox". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sexy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sexy" is \sɛk.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sexy" come from?
"sexy" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mail#2,936grec#3,006paye#3,028news#2,887

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

outil6 variantsfausse6 variantsfillon6 variantsfuite6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list