woohoo
/wuːˈhuː/
"woohoo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“woohoo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,247
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight.
Corpus desk
Index EN-woohoo · woohoo · English
woohoo · rank #38,247 · 7 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,247
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Woodville
Nearest frequency peer: Woodville (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “woohoo”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Wien
Wien
61,757 corpus weight
- winked
winked
61,756 corpus weight
- Woodville
Woodville
61,755 corpus weight
- woohoo
woohoo
61,754 corpus weight
- wook
wook
61,753 corpus weight
- writhing
writhing
61,752 corpus weight
What this shows “woohoo” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | woohoo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /wuːˈhuː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “woohoo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around woohoo (IPA /wuːˈhuː/), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #38,247 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for woohoo, with forms such as "owohoo", "wohoo", and "wohooo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "whoo", "wahoo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is woohoo, spelled W-O-O-H-O-O.
Definition
- 1Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how woohoo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Woohoo! It’s summer again!
She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- owohoo
- wohoo
- wohooo
- woohhoo
- wooho
- woooho
- wwoohoo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of woohoo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "woohoo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).