# whomever vs whosoever

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### whomever
*pronoun · IPA /humˈɛvɚ/ · frequency rank #24,955*
Whatever person or persons (as object of verb or preposition).

### 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/whomever-vs-whosoever