# somebody vs somebody's

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### somebody
*pronoun · IPA /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ · frequency rank #1,675*
Some unspecified person.

### somebody's
*pronoun · frequency rank #16,354*
Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)

## Source
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