xu
[ˈsu]
The verdict
“xu” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #35,828 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,828
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad monetaria de Vietnam, la centésima parte de un dong y décima de un hào.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsu] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #35,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “xu” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for xu is 2 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsu]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,828 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unidad monetaria de Vietnam, la centésima parte de un dong y décima de un hào.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for xu in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "x", "xi", "xq", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is xu, spelled X-U.
Definition
- 1Unidad monetaria de Vietnam, la centésima parte de un dong y décima de un hào.
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 “xu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is X-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsu] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “x” - see the side-by-side comparison. xu vs x
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.