xray
noun, verb
xray is a noun meaning “Alternative form of X-ray (“a ray of X radiation”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled X-R-A-Y, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of xray is xrays.
What does xray mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of X-ray (“a ray of X radiation”).
- 2
Alternative form of X-ray (“a radiograph”).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of X-ray.
- 2
A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter X.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of X-ray.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of X-ray.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of xray
- xrays plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- xraying participle, present
- xrayed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is xray?
Xray appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with xray
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: x-ray (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).