woo hoo
"woo-hoo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“woo hoo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of woohoo.
Corpus desk
Index EN-woo-hoo · woo hoo · English
woo hoo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | woo hoo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “woo hoo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
woo hoo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of woohoo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for woo hoo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is woo hoo, spelled W-O-O- -H-O-O.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of woohoo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how woo hoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Woo hoo!" yelled Sue and David. "It's the weekend!"
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.
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