bod
/bɑd/noun
bod is spelled B-O-D: 3 letters. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bod means “The body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bod is bods.
How many letters and syllables are in bod?
| Letters | 3: B-O-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bod?
Bod appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 bod?
- UK /bɒd/
- US /bɑd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-bod.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dob.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bod
- bods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangThe body.
Fred likes to keep his bod in shape.
- 2
slangA person.
noun
- 1
Initialism of biochemical oxygen demand.
- 2
Initialism of biological oxygen demand.
- 3
Initialism of benefit of the doubt.
- 4
Initialism of beginning of day.
- 5
Initialism of board of directors.
- 6
Initialism of Brightlingsea One Design (sailing boat class).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bod come from?
Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).