whore
/hɔː/
"whore" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whore” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,877
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whore · whore · English
whore · rank #8,877 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,877
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH wheelchair
Nearest frequency peer: wheelchair (-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 “whore”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- URL
URL
91,127 corpus weight
- weights
weights
91,126 corpus weight
- wheelchair
wheelchair
91,125 corpus weight
- whore
whore
91,124 corpus weight
- wiped
wiped
91,123 corpus weight
- yahoo
yahoo
91,122 corpus weight
What this shows “whore” 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 | whore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɔː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “whore”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around whore (IPA /hɔː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,877 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for whore, with forms such as "hwore", "whhore", and "whoer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "woe", "wor", "work", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cā… The correct English form is whore, spelled W-H-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- 2A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- 3A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- 4A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- 5A contemptible person.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whore appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore.
I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Etymology
From Middle English hore, from Old English hōre, from Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂- (“to wish; desire”). Cognate with Dutch hoer, German Hure, Old Norse hóra as well as Sanskrit चारु (cā́ru, “dear”), Latin cārus (“dear, expensive”), and Irish cara (“friend”). The unetymological spelling with wh- superficially denotes a formerly standard pronunciation with an excrescent /w/ (such as in whole), but such a form is hardly found in either commentators on Early Modern English pronunciations or records of traditional dialects (which both explicitly mention its rarity or absence), therefore leaving the spelling somewhat inexplicable. However, this may be because such a excrescent /w/ was absorbed by a following /uː/ (as in words with etymological /w/ such as whom, two) after it became established in the spelling but before our earliest orthoepic records.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hwore
- whhore
- whoer
- whorre
- whroe
- wohre
- wwhore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of whore - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
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