son of a whore

noun

"son-of-a-whore" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“son of a whore” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The son of unmarried parents, an illegitimate child, a bastard.

Corpus desk

Index EN-son-of-a-whore · son of a whore · English

son of a whore · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for son of a whore
PropertyValue
Headwordson of a whore
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “son of a whore” in English

son of a whoresits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

son of a whore is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

son of a whore doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is son of a whore, spelled S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -W-H-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The son of unmarried parents, an illegitimate child, a bastard.
  2. 2
    An objectionable person.
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see son, whore. (the son of a prostitute)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how son of a whore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Well, mon cher monsieur l'Anglais, may I inform you that you are the son of a whore?

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "son of a whore"?
"son of a whore" is spelled S-O-N- -O-F- -A- -W-H-O-R-E.
What does "son of a whore" mean?
As a noun, "son of a whore" means: The son of unmarried parents, an illegitimate child, a bastard.
What language does "son of a whore" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list