# Hsiao

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,285

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 蕭／萧 (Xiāo), Wade-Giles romanization: Hsiao¹.

## Easily confused with
- **hsien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsiao-vs-hsien)
- **hao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hao-vs-hsiao)
- **HSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsa-vs-hsiao)
- **Hsi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hsi-vs-hsiao)
- **Hilo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hsiao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhsiao`, `hisao`, `hsaio`, `hsioa`, `hssiao`, `shiao`

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