# xiao vs Xie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Xie
*name · frequency rank #34,753*
A surname from Chinese.

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