XX
The verdict
“XX” sits in 18 confusable pairs (corpus #10,102) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,102
- frequency rank, French
- 62
- “X” headwords
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ***, X. Note d’usage : Symbole utilisé pour caché un nom de personne ou un mot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-xx · XX · French
XX · rank #10,102 · 0 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,102
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 62
- PHOTO-FINISH XVIIe
Nearest frequency peer: XVIIe (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “XX”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vase
vase
89,902 corpus weight
- visuelle
visuelle
89,901 corpus weight
- XVIIe
XVIIe
89,900 corpus weight
- XX
XX
89,899 corpus weight
- yen
yen
89,898 corpus weight
- écrivait
écrivait
89,897 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “XX” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | XX |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #10,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “XX” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for XX is neighbouring look-alikes ("XY", "XXe", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #10,102 among 62 “X” headwords. Gloss: "***, X. Note d’usage : Symbole utilisé pour caché un nom de personne ou un mot.".
XX doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "XY", "XXe", "XXX", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is XX, spelled X-X.
Definition
- 1***, X. Note d’usage : Symbole utilisé pour caché un nom de personne ou un mot.
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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- "XX" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "XY". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #10,102 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.