son of a whore
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | son of a whore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “son of a whore” in English
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
- 1The son of unmarried parents, an illegitimate child, a bastard.
- 2An objectionable person.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see son, whore. (the son of a prostitute)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how son of a whore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Well, mon cher monsieur l'Anglais, may I inform you that you are the son of a whore?
Synonyms
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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.