xoxo
[ɛksəʊɛksəʊ]
"xoxo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“xoxo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,275
- frequency rank, English
- 54
- “X” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-xoxo · xoxo · English
xoxo · rank #46,275 · 5 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,275
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 54
- PHOTO-FINISH Yamaguchi
Nearest frequency peer: Yamaguchi (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “xoxo”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wile
wile
53,734 corpus weight
- Wilmot
Wilmot
53,733 corpus weight
- wim
wim
53,732 corpus weight
- xoxo
xoxo
53,726 corpus weight
- Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi
53,725 corpus weight
- yesteryear
yesteryear
53,724 corpus weight
What this shows “xoxo” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | xoxo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛksəʊɛksəʊ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #46,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “xoxo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around xoxo (IPA [ɛksəʊɛksəʊ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,275 among 54 “X” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for xoxo, with forms such as "oxxo", "xoox", and "xoxxo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "XXX", "XXXX", "XO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From use of X/x to mean “kiss” and O/o to mean “hug”. Use of “X” to indicate a kiss attested since 1763, preceded by medieval use of an “X”, which was then kissed by illiterates to indicate a signature. Use of “O” is more recent, and presumably created by a… The correct English form is xoxo, spelled X-O-X-O.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.
Etymology
From use of X/x to mean “kiss” and O/o to mean “hug”. Use of “X” to indicate a kiss attested since 1763, preceded by medieval use of an “X”, which was then kissed by illiterates to indicate a signature. Use of “O” is more recent, and presumably created by analogy (e.g., X/O in tic-tac-toe). Speculative theories on precise origins abound, including folk etymologies (for example, the notion that the X represents the crossed arms of a hug and that the O represents the pursed lips of a kiss).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oxxo
- xoox
- xoxxo
- xxoo
- xxoxo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xoxo - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "xoxo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).