# whosoever

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /huːsəʊˈɛvə/ · frequency rank #39,163

## Definitions
1. Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever.

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

## Easily confused with
- **whoever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whoever-vs-whosoever)
- **whomever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whomever-vs-whosoever)
- **whatsoever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whatsoever-vs-whosoever)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hwosoever`, `whhosoever`, `whoosever`, `whoseover`, `whosoeevr`, `whosoeverr`, `whosoevre`, `whosoevver`, `whosoveer`, `whossoever`, `whsooever`, `wohsoever`, `wwhosoever`

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