bod

[bɔt]

/[bɔt]/ noun

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The verdict

“bod” is uncommon German (frequency #63,173 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,173
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dimensionsloses geometrisches Element, kleinster Ort im Raum; Punkt

Corpus desk

Index DE-bod · bod · German

bod · rank #63,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,173
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH boca

Nearest frequency peer: boca (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „bod“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „bod“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bod
PropertyValue
Headwordbod
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bɔt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#63,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „bod“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).bodfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „boca“ (#63,172), „Bischofsheim“ (#63,170), „Biomüll“ (#63,169). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „bod“ bei #63,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bod is uncommon German at frequency #63,173 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

bod has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is bod, spelled B-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    dimensionsloses geometrisches Element, kleinster Ort im Raum; Punkt
  2. 2
    kleinräumiger Ort oder geringfügiger Zeitabschnitt, auf den sich etwas konzentriert; Punkt
  3. 3
    Teil eines Ganzen; Punkt
  4. 4
    Bewertungseinheit, Zähleinheit in Sport oder Spiel; Punkt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bod appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dům se z výšky jevil jako bod.
  2. Nacházíme se na nejvyšším bodu města.

Synonyms

tečkačástoddíl

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bod"?
"bod" is spelled B-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is [bɔt].
What does "bod" mean?
As a noun, "bod" means: dimensionsloses geometrisches Element, kleinster Ort im Raum; Punkt
How do you pronounce "bod"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bod" is [bɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bod" come from?
"bod" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bod", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DBA#63,221Alz#63,099WGs#63,015wai#62,995

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list