Hsiao
"hsiao" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Hsiao” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,285
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hsiao |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hsiao” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Hsiao, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #48,285 among 23,837 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hsiao, with forms such as "hhsiao", "hisao", and "hsaio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "hsien", "hao", "HSA", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 蕭／萧 (Xiāo), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao¹. The correct English form is Hsiao, spelled H-S-I-A-O.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 蕭／萧 (Xiāo), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao¹.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhsiao,hisao,hsaio,hsioa,hssiao,shiao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hsiao - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Hsiao”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-S-I-A-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “hsien” - see the side-by-side comparison. Hsiao vs hsien
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.