whoreson
/ˈhɔːsən/
"whoreson" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whoreson” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whoreson · whoreson · English
whoreson · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whoreson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɔːsən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whoreson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whoreson is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɔːsən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for whoreson, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone). Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”) and French fils de pute. By surface analysis, whore + son. The correct English form is whoreson, spelled W-H-O-R-E-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1An illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
- 2The son of a whore.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whoreson appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.
Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.
Etymology
From Middle English horesone, hureson (also horessone, hores sone). Compare Dutch hoerenzoon, German Hurensohn (“whoreson”) and French fils de pute. By surface analysis, whore + son.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.