XIe

^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\/ adj

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The verdict

“XIe” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,431) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,431
frequency rank, French
62
“X” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onzième.

Corpus desk

Index FR-xie · XIe · French

XIe · rank #19,431 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,431
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 62
  • PHOTO-FINISH Windsor

Nearest frequency peer: Windsor (-1 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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « XIe »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « XIe » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

XIe vs XV
33% similar
XIe vs XX
33% similar
XIe vs XL
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for XIe
PropertyValue
HeadwordXIe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\
Letters3
Frequency rank#19,431
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « XIe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.XIese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Windsor » (#19,430), « écroule » (#19,432), « virages » (#19,429). Parmi 62 lemmes en « X », « XIe » est au #19,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for XIe is neighbouring look-alikes ("XV", "XX", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\. Frequency #19,431 among 62 “X” headwords. Gloss: "Onzième.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for XIe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "XV", "XX", "XL", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is XIe, spelled X-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Onzième.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "XIe"?
"XIe" is spelled X-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\.
What does "XIe" mean?
As an adjective, "XIe" means: Onzième.
What words are commonly confused with "XIe"?
"XIe" is commonly confused with "XV", "XX", "XL". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "XIe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "XIe" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ̃.zjɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "XIe" come from?
"XIe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "XIe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

APL#19,442sat#19,402rie#19,393cox#19,493

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list