body and soul

adv

"body-and-soul" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“body and soul” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wholeheartedly.

Corpus desk

Index EN-body-and-soul · body and soul · English

body and soul · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for body and soul
PropertyValue
Headwordbody and soul
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdverb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “body and soul” in English

body and soulfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

body and soul is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wholeheartedly.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for body and soul, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is body and soul, spelled B-O-D-Y- -A-N-D- -S-O-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wholeheartedly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how body and soul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You still think she's immune? She's joined herself to me, body and soul!

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "body and soul"?
"body and soul" is spelled B-O-D-Y- -A-N-D- -S-O-U-L.
What does "body and soul" mean?
As an adverb, "body and soul" means: Wholeheartedly.
What language does "body and soul" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list