body vs by, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“body” and “by” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,692
“body” frequency rank: #1,627
“by” frequency rank: 11319
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	body	by
Definition	Körper, Leib	Stadt

Letter map: body vs by

Shared letters muted; letters that set body and by apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

body

2 ch

Pair insight - body / by

body and by are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

body is recorded at frequency rank #9,692, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbɒdɪ]. by is at rank #1,627, tagged as anoun, 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 11319, this pair ranks #1,970,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of body vs by

Shared letters: by. Private to "body": do. Private to "by": -.

"body" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "by" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

body ← bbody · bdoy · boddy · bodyy · boyd · obdy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "body" for "by" ever safe?

No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "body" vs "by" - which ranks higher?

"by" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,627 in our German list, against #9,692 for "body". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "body" and "by". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "body" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "by" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,970,508 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"body" and "by" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "body vs brody". 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 #1,970,508 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.