siao
/sjaʊ˦˨/
"siao" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“siao” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mad; crazy
Corpus desk
Index EN-siao · siao · English
siao · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siao |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /sjaʊ˦˨/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “siao” in English
Rare enough to double-check
siao is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /sjaʊ˦˨/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mad; crazy".
Zero misspellings are on record for siao in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 痟 (siáu, “mad; crazy”). The correct English form is siao, spelled S-I-A-O.
Definition
- 1Mad; crazy
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how siao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Then why am I labelled mad, siow, crazy, mental, psycho, cuck-… and not you?
Siao, man, he said. That’s another thing I’m never telling Sherry.
Etymology
From Hokkien 痟 (siáu, “mad; crazy”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.