Which to use
“who're” is a contraction and “whores” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,747
- “who're” frequency rank
- #18,463
- “whores” frequency rank
- 53210
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | who're | whores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Who are. | plural of whore |
Letter map: who're vs whores
Shared letters muted; letters that set who're and whores apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. who're runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against whores's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - who're and whores
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: who're is acontraction and whoresanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53210, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
who're is recorded at frequency rank #34,747, classified as acontraction, pronounced [hʊɚ]. whores is at rank #18,463, tagged as anoun.
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 53210, this pair ranks #150,877 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of who're vs whores
Shared letters: ehorw. Private to "who're": -. Private to "whores": s.
"who're" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "whores" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- whores ← hwores · whhores · whoers · whoress · whorres · whorse · whroes · wohres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "who're" and "whores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "who're" or "whores" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "who're" and "whores".
- Full dictionary entry for "who're" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "whores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,877 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "who're" and "whores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "who're 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 #150,877 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.