# Wilshire

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,833

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States, located to the west of Downtown.

## Etymology
Reduced variant of Wiltshire. The Los Angeles neighborhood is named for Wilshire Boulevard.

## Easily confused with
- **Wiltshire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilshire-vs-wiltshire)
- **wildfire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildfire-vs-wilshire)

## Common misspellings (12)
`iwlshire`, `wilhsire`, `willshire`, `wilshhire`, `wilshier`, `wilshirre`, `wilshrie`, `wilsihre`, `wilsshire`, `wislhire`, `wlishire`, `wwilshire`

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