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xxx

/ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/noun

xxx is spelled X-X-X: 3 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, xxx means “An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in xxx?

Letters3: X-X-X
Syllables3 (from its pronunciation)
In writing5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is xxx?

Xxx appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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).

How do you pronounce xxx?

  • UK /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/
  • UK /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/
  • US /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/

Xxx has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-XXX.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does xxx mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An abbreviation for kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter or text message, often alongside ooo (hugs).

symbol

as XXX
  1. 1

    Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.

  2. 2

    obsoleteExtra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.

  3. 3

    obsoleteAlcohol.

  4. 4

    Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).

adjective

as XXX
  1. 1

    Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.

  2. 2

    Extra strong; very high quality.

  3. 3

    Unknown eye or hair color.

  4. 4

    Bald.

verb

as XXX
  1. 1

    To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language.

noun

as XXX
  1. 1

    rareTriple X syndrome.

  2. 2

    rareAlternative form of xxx (“an abbreviation for kisses”).

  3. 3

    obsoleteThe conventional Morse code call made when in an urgent situation but not in immediate distress.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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