Xosé
[ʃoˈsɛ]
The verdict
“Xosé” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,941 among 29 “X” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,941
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 29
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español José.
Corpus desk
Index ES-xose · Xosé · Spanish
Xosé · rank #96,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,941
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 29
- PHOTO-FINISH worthy
Nearest frequency peer: worthy (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Xosé”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- wisdom
wisdom
3,066 corpus weight
- wit
wit
3,065 corpus weight
- worthy
worthy
3,062 corpus weight
- Xosé
Xosé
3,060 corpus weight
- Yesa
Yesa
3,058 corpus weight
- Yuli
Yuli
3,057 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Xosé” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “Xosé” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Xosé is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,941 among 29 “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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