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x

Spanish, pronoun

x is spelled X (one letter) and appears 145 times per million words in written Spanish, the 590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). X is a Spanish pronoun meaning “someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, X is a different word: “The twenty-fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin…”.

What does x mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    The twenty-fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

preposition

  1. 1

    abbreviation of por. Compare English 4.

    Gracias x comentar. Saludos.

pronoun

  1. 1

    someone

    X: No me gustan tus vídeos. Yo: No me importa.

letter

as X
  1. 1

    The twenty-fifth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

suffix

as -x
  1. 1

    nonstandarda gender-neutral suffix that replaces -o and -a in nouns, adjectives and pronouns

infix

as -x-
  1. 1

    used to replace a gendered element, such as in ellxs, lxs, etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

letter: 1. Vigesimoquinta letra del alfabeto español y vigésima consonante. Su nombre es equis.

abbreviation: 1. Por.

letter: 1. Vigesimoquinta letra del abecedario español. Su nombre es equis (en singular y plural) y representa en general la sucesión de consonantes /k/ + /s/. En posición inicial de palabra, representa un fonema consonante fricativo alveolar sordo (/s/). En palabras como «México», que conservan la antigua grafía ⟨x⟩ (hoy ⟨j⟩), representa la consonante fricativa velar sorda (/x/).

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of x

  • x lowercase
  • X uppercase

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is x in Spanish?

x appears 145 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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