Hsia
"hsia" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hsia” is uncommon English (frequency #80,542 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,542
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hsia · Hsia · English
Hsia · rank #80,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,542
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Howitt
Nearest frequency peer: Howitt (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Hsia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hornsey
Hornsey
19,462 corpus weight
- horsehair
horsehair
19,461 corpus weight
- Howitt
Howitt
19,460 corpus weight
- Hsia
Hsia
19,459 corpus weight
- hunny
hunny
19,456 corpus weight
- hussar
hussar
19,455 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Hsia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hsia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Hsia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Hsia is uncommon English at frequency #80,542 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Hsia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴. The correct English form is Hsia, spelled H-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1A surname.
- 2Alternative form of Xia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hsia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In February, the newly elected mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Andrew Hsia, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.
China’s traditional history begins with the Hsia dynasty, ca. 2000 BCE.
Etymology
From Mandarin 夏 (Xià) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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