# Xie vs XML

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### XML
*name · frequency rank #20,020*
Initialism of Extensible Markup Language, a flexible text format for creating structured computer documents in machine-readable form.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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