# whoever

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /huˈɛvɚ/ · frequency rank #3,539

## Definitions
1. Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
2. Any person or persons that.
3. The person that (no matter who).
4. Regardless of the person or persons that.
5. Any person or persons.
6. Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use.

## Etymology
From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever.

## Easily confused with
- **whopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whopper)
- **whomever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whomever)
- **whosoever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whosoever)
- **whoever's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whoever-s)
- **who've** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/who-ve-vs-whoever)
- **wheeler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wheeler-vs-whoever)
- **whatever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whatever-vs-whoever)
- **whenever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whenever-vs-whoever)
- **wherever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wherever-vs-whoever)

## Common misspellings (9)
`wheover`, `whhoever`, `whoeevr`, `whoeverr`, `whoevre`, `whoevver`, `whoveer`, `wohever`, `wwhoever`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/whoever