# bodice

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒdɪs/ · frequency rank #45,817

## Definitions
1. A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
2. A blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or similar European folk costume.
3. The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt, sometimes specifically excluding the sleeves.
4. An underbodice: an undershirt for women.
5. An underbodice: an undershirt for women.

## Etymology
From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bowie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bowie)
- **Boise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-boise)
- **Boyce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-boyce)
- **Brice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-brice)
- **Bodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bodie)
- **bodies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bodies)
- **bounce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bounce)
- **bodily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bodily)
- **bodied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bodied)
- **brodie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-brodie)
- **bovine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bodice-vs-bovine)
- **bode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bode-vs-bodice)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbodice`, `bdoice`, `bodcie`, `boddice`, `bodicce`, `bodiec`, `boidce`, `obdice`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bodice