sexistavssextaTell them apart

Quick tell: sexista is a adjective, sexta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sexista” is an adjective and “sexta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,526
“sexista” frequency rank
#796
“sexta” frequency rank
38322
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sexista sexta
Definition relativo ao sexismo o mesmo que sexta-feira

Letter map: sexista vs sexta

Shared letters muted; letters that set sexista and sexta apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
sexista
5 ch
sexta

Part-of-speech tell for sexista / sexta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sexista is anadjective and sextaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sexista is recorded at frequency rank #37,526, classified as anadj, pronounced /sɛ.ˈksiʃ.tɐ/. sexta is at rank #796, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 38322, this pair ranks #28,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sexista vs sexta

Shared letters: aestx. Private to "sexista": i. Private to "sexta": -.

"sexista" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "sexta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sexistaesxista · seixsta · sexisat · sexissta · sexistta · sexitsa · sexsita · sexxista
  • sextaesxta · setxa · sexat · sextta · sexxta · ssexta · sxeta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sexista" and "sexta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sexista" is an adjective and "sexta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sexista" vs "sexta" - which ranks higher?
"sexta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #796 in our Portuguese list, against #37,526 for "sexista". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sexista" and "sexta".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sexista" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sexta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sexista" and "sexta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sexista vs solista". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #28,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list