xiong
"xiong" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“xiong” is uncommon English (frequency #67,969 among 54 “X” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,969
- frequency rank, English
- 54
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of siong.
Corpus desk
Index EN-xiong · xiong · English
xiong · rank #67,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,969
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 54
- PHOTO-FINISH writeup
Nearest frequency peer: writeup (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “xiong”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- wraiths
wraiths
32,036 corpus weight
- wringer
wringer
32,035 corpus weight
- wrinkling
wrinkling
32,034 corpus weight
- writeup
writeup
32,033 corpus weight
- xiong
xiong
32,032 corpus weight
- Yim
Yim
32,029 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “xiong” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xiong |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “xiong” in English
Rare enough to double-check
xiong is uncommon English at frequency #67,969 among 54 “X” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of siong.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for xiong, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 傷 /伤 (siong). The spelling with x is Pinyin-based. The correct English form is xiong, spelled X-I-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of siong.
Etymology
From Hokkien 傷 /伤 (siong). The spelling with x is Pinyin-based.
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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