who've
/huːv/
"who-ve" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“who've” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,326
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction of who + have.
Corpus desk
Index EN-who-ve · who've · English
who've · rank #11,326 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,326
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH whipped
Nearest frequency peer: whipped (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “who've”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Wesley
Wesley
88,678 corpus weight
- whichever
whichever
88,677 corpus weight
- whipped
whipped
88,676 corpus weight
- who've
who've
88,675 corpus weight
- wo
wo
88,674 corpus weight
- wrath
wrath
88,673 corpus weight
What this shows “who've” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | who've |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| IPA | /huːv/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “who've”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around who've (IPA /huːv/), acontraction. Corpus frequency is #11,326 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contraction of who + have.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for who've, with forms such as "hwo've", "wh'ove", and "whho've". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "wove", "whole", "whose", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: who + -'ve The correct English form is who've, spelled W-H-O-'-V-E.
Definition
- 1Contraction of who + have.
Etymology
who + -'ve
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwo've
- wh'ove
- whho've
- who'ev
- who'vve
- whov'e
- woh've
- wwho've
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of who've - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "who've", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).