Xerxes
/ˈzɜːk.siːz/
"xerxes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Xerxes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,000
- frequency rank, English
- 1,183
- “X” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xerxes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈzɜːk.siːz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Xerxes” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Xerxes (IPA /ˈzɜːk.siːz/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,000 among 1,183 “X” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Xerxes, with forms such as "exrxes", "xerexs", and "xerrxes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /Xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Ahasuerus. The correct English form is Xerxes, spelled X-E-R-X-E-S.
Definition
- 1Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
- 2Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
- 3A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /Xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Ahasuerus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: exrxes,xerexs,xerrxes,xerxess,xerxse,xerxxes,xexres,xrexes,xxerxes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Xerxes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Xerxes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is X-E-R-X-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈzɜːk.siːz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.