# Xiang vs xiao

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Xiang
*name · IPA /ʃiɑŋ/ · frequency rank #37,775*
A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China

### xiao
*noun · IPA /ʃjaʊ/ · frequency rank #19,744*
A type of Chinese flute.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/xiang-vs-xiao