# who've

> English word · Contraction · IPA /huːv/ · frequency rank #11,326

## Definitions
1. Contraction of who + have.

## Etymology
who + -'ve

## Easily confused with
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-wove)
- **whole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-whole)
- **whose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-whose)
- **whore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-whore)
- **whoever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-whoever)
- **we've** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-who-ve)
- **who's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-s-vs-who-ve)
- **who'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-d-vs-who-ve)
- **who're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-re-vs-who-ve)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hwo've`, `wh'ove`, `whho've`, `who'ev`, `who'vve`, `whov'e`, `woh've`, `wwho've`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/who-ve