anybody
/ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/pronoun
anybody is spelled A-N-Y-B-O-D-Y: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, anybody means “Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in anybody?
| Letters | 7: A-N-Y-B-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 36 times per million words; the 2,669th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is anybody?
Anybody appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce anybody?
- UK /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/
- UK /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
- /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/
Anybody has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-anybody.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anybody.wav, En-us-anybody.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with anybody
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: any body (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does anybody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 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: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anybody in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anybody come from?
From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).