Which to use
“who'd” is a contraction and “whore” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,531
- “who'd” frequency rank
- #8,877
- “whore” frequency rank
- 21408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | who'd | whore |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Who had. | Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment. |
Letter map: who'd vs whore
Shared letters muted; letters that set who'd and whore apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. who'd runs 4 letters (CCVC) against whore's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: who'd vs whore
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: who'd is acontraction and whoreanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
who'd is recorded at frequency rank #12,531, classified as acontraction. whore is at rank #8,877, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hɔː/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21408, this pair ranks #424,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of who'd vs whore
Shared letters: how. Private to "who'd": d. Private to "whore": er.
"who'd" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "whore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- whore ← hwore · whhore · whoer · whorre · whroe · wohre · wwhore
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "who'd" and "whore" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "who'd" or "whore"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "who'd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "whore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,139 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "who'd" and "whore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "who'd vs whorl". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #424,139 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.