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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
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Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with X. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.[e]


X = éx- past

Xánadu Z-

xénophobe z-

xenophôbia zé-, AmE also zê-

Xénophon author Z-; ‘xénophône’ if it existed would mean a speaker of a foreign language

xerophthálmia

Xêrox *Zêarócks

Xhôsa *Kôza

Jinping = shê her

Xinhuà *Shín-hwà

Xinjiáng *Shín-jáng

Xmas = Chrístmas, though the short version's detractors may pronounce it *Éxmas

X-rây *éxray

xŷlophone z-