# whoever vs whosoever

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### whoever
*pronoun · IPA /huˈɛvɚ/ · frequency rank #3,539*
Who ever: an emphatic form of who.

### whosoever
*pronoun · IPA /huːsəʊˈɛvə/ · frequency rank #39,163*
Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whosoever