WHR
"whr" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“WHR” is uncommon English (frequency #98,892 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,892
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of waist-hip ratio.
Corpus desk
Index EN-whr · WHR · English
WHR · rank #98,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,892
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wiegand
Nearest frequency peer: Wiegand (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “WHR”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wexner
Wexner
1,115 corpus weight
- whereever
whereever
1,114 corpus weight
- whinny
whinny
1,113 corpus weight
- WHR
WHR
1,109 corpus weight
- Wiegand
Wiegand
1,108 corpus weight
- Winfred
Winfred
1,106 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “WHR” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | WHR |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #98,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “WHR” in English
Rare enough to double-check
WHR is uncommon English at frequency #98,892 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
WHR has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is WHR, spelled W-H-R.
Definition
- 1Initialism of waist-hip ratio.
- 2Initialism of waist-height ratio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how WHR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Women described as the most attractive in studies had a WHR of 0.7, and women with 0.7 WHR were found to conceive more easily.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).