Xosé
[ʃoˈsɛ]
The verdict
“Xosé” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,941 among 813 “X” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 813
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español José.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Xosé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ʃoˈsɛ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Xosé” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Xosé is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,941 among 813 “X” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ʃoˈsɛ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español José.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Xosé in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Xosé, spelled X-O-S-É.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español José.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Xosé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is X-O-S-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃoˈsɛ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.