bodiesvsiiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: bodies is a noun, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“bodies” is a noun and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,791
“bodies” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
49311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bodies ii
Definition Plural des Substantivs body Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: bodies vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set bodies and ii apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. bodies runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against ii's 2 (VV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
bodies
2 ch
ii

Grammar separator: bodies vs ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bodies is anoun and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bodies is recorded at frequency rank #48,791, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49311, this pair ranks #1,216,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bodies vs ii

Shared letters: i. Private to "bodies": bdeos. Private to "ii": -.

"bodies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bodiesbbodies · bdoies · boddies · bodeis · bodiess · bodise · boides · obdies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "bodies" and "ii" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "bodies" is a noun and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "bodies" vs "ii" - which ranks higher?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #48,791 for "bodies". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "bodies" and "ii". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bodies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,216,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bodies" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bodies vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,216,255 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list