Mx
/mɪks/
"mx" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mx” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,635) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,635
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mx · Mx · English
Mx · rank #18,635 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,635
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH myrtle
Nearest frequency peer: myrtle (+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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Mx”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- mods
mods
81,370 corpus weight
- Mongolia
Mongolia
81,369 corpus weight
- Mx
Mx
81,366 corpus weight
- myrtle
myrtle
81,365 corpus weight
- nemesis
nemesis
81,364 corpus weight
- O'Reilly
O'Reilly
81,363 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Mx” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | Mx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪks/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #18,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Mx”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Mx is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mya", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /mɪks/. Frequency #18,635 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mx in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mya", "m", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Coined based on Mr and Ms, with x chosen as a "wildcard" character. First proposed jokingly in print in 1977. The correct English form is Mx, spelled M-X.
Definition
- 1A gender-neutral title used instead of Mr (Mister), Mrs (Mistress), etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mx. Mirage. I am a radically queer trannyboi with a big mouth.
It has been proposed that in addition to the honorific Mr. for male and Ms. for female, that the honorific Mx. be used for intersexuals […]
Etymology
Coined based on Mr and Ms, with x chosen as a "wildcard" character. First proposed jokingly in print in 1977.
This word in other languages
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.