whare
/ˈfʌre/
"whare" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whare” is uncommon English (frequency #93,321 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,321
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Maori house or other building.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfʌre/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “whare” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
whare is uncommon English at frequency #93,321 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfʌre/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for whare in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Māori whare (“house, hut”). The correct English form is whare, spelled W-H-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1A Maori house or other building.
- 2A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack.
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori whare (“house, hut”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “whare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-H-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfʌre/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.