xin

verb

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The verdict

“xin” is uncommon French (frequency #55,687 among 62 “X” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,687
frequency rank, French
62
“X” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-xin · xin · French

xin · rank #55,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,687
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 62
  • PHOTO-FINISH wou

Nearest frequency peer: wou (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « xin »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « xin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for xin
PropertyValue
Headwordxin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « xin » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.xintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « wou » (#55,686), « zn » (#55,688), « wolfram » (#55,685). Parmi 62 lemmes en « X », « xin » est au #55,687. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

xin is uncommon French at frequency #55,687 among 62 “X” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for xin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is xin, spelled X-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demander.
  2. 2
    Solliciter.
  3. 3
    Postuler.
  4. 4
    Prier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how xin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Xin ý kiến cấp trên.
  2. Xin được yết kiến.

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 "xin"?
"xin" is spelled X-I-N.
What does "xin" mean?
As a verb, "xin" means: Demander.
What language does "xin" come from?
"xin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

wou#55,686TXT#55,663afa#55,721tep#55,643

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list