BodievsbodiesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Bodie is a name, bodies is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#48,095
“Bodie” frequency rank
#2,064
“bodies” frequency rank
50159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Bodie bodies
Definition A surname transferred from the nickname. plural of body.

Letter map: Bodie vs bodies

Shared letters muted; letters that set Bodie and bodies apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Bodie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against bodies's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Bodie
6 ch
bodies

Part-of-speech tell for Bodie / bodies

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Bodie is aname and bodiesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Bodie” sits inside “bodies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Bodie is recorded at frequency rank #48,095, classified as aname. bodies is at rank #2,064, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɒd.iz/.

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 50159, this pair ranks #176,824 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Bodie vs bodies

Shared letters: bdeio. Private to "Bodie": -. Private to "bodies": s.

"Bodie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "bodies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Bodie ← bbodie · bdoie · boddie · bodei · boide · obdie
  • bodies ← bbodies · bdoies · boddies · bodeis · bodiess · bodise · boides · obdies

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Bodie" for "bodies" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Bodie" is a name and "bodies" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Bodie" or "bodies"?
"bodies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,064 in our English list, against #48,095 for "Bodie". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Bodie" and "bodies".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Bodie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bodies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #176,824 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Bodie" and "bodies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bodes vs Bodie". 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 #176,824 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list