sexting

noun

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The verdict

“sexting” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,069 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,069
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato de enviar material (fotos, vídeos, etc.) íntimo e sexualmente explícito para telefones celulares ou internete

Corpus desk

Index PT-sexting · sexting · Portuguese

sexting · rank #72,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,069
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sequencialmen…

Nearest frequency peer: sequencialmente (-6 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sexting”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sexting” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sexting
PropertyValue
Headwordsexting
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sexting” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sextingcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “sequencialmente” (#72,063), “seme” (#72,061), “solve” (#72,083). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sexting” fica em #72,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sexting is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,069 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de enviar material (fotos, vídeos, etc.) íntimo e sexualmente explícito para telefones celulares ou internete".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sexting, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sexting, spelled S-E-X-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de enviar material (fotos, vídeos, etc.) íntimo e sexualmente explícito para telefones celulares ou internete

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O governo da província onde fica Camberra, capital do país, lançou uma campanha educativa para combater a prática de "sexting" - trocadilho, em inglês, com "texting", termo que equivale a "enviar mensagens de texto".

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sexting"?
"sexting" is spelled S-E-X-T-I-N-G.
What does "sexting" mean?
As a noun, "sexting" means: ato de enviar material (fotos, vídeos, etc.) íntimo e sexualmente explícito para telefones celulares ou internete
What language does "sexting" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

vehicle#72,149víveres#72,167arrocho#72,244barcaça#72,260

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list