Any body or anybody?
any body is a pronoun meaning “the words any and body, each in its own sense”; anybody is a pronoun meaning “Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person”. any body is written as two words and anybody as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between any body and anybody?
| any body | anybody | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | pronoun | pronoun |
| Meaning | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, body | Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person informalA person of some consideration or standing |
| Example | none recorded | Anybody will do |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/ /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/ /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 36 times per million words |
Sources: any body and anybody in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of any body and anybody
any body
- 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, body
anybody
- 1
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person
Anybody will do
- 2
informalA person of some consideration or standing
Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, any body or anybody?
any body is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; anybody 36 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).