antibodies
"antibodies" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antibodies” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,659 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,659
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of antibody
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antibodies |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “antibodies” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for antibodies is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,659 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of antibody".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for antibodies, with forms such as "anitbodies", "anntibodies", and "antbiodies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is antibodies, spelled A-N-T-I-B-O-D-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of antibody
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anitbodies,anntibodies,antbiodies,antibbodies,antibdoies,antiboddies,antibodeis,antibodiess,antibodise,antiboides,antiobdies,anttibodies,atnibodies,natibodies
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of antibodies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “antibodies”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-N-T-I-B-O-D-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.