Xavier

/\ɡza.vje\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,635

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Xavier is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom masculin. Pronounced \ɡza.vje\. It ranks #4,635 in French word frequency. Often confused with XVIe and Xavi.

Key facts for Xavier
PropertyValue
HeadwordXavier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɡza.vje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,635
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Xavier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Xavier is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡza.vje\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,635 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom masculin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Xavier, with forms such as "axvier", "xaiver", and "xaveir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "XVIe", "Xavi", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Xavier, spelled X-A-V-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: axvier,xaiver,xaveir,xavierr,xavire,xavvier,xvaier,xxavier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Xavier

Misspelling Variants of "Xavier"

axvier6xaiver6xaveir6xavierr7xavire6xavvier7xvaier6xxavier7
Misspelling Variants of "Xavier"

Frequency rank: #4,635 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Xavier"?
"Xavier" is spelled X-A-V-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡza.vje\.
What does "Xavier" mean?
As a name, "Xavier" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Xavier"?
"Xavier" is commonly confused with "XVIe", "Xavi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Xavier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Xavier" is \ɡza.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Xavier" come from?
"Xavier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.