body hair
"body-hair" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“body hair” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | body hair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “body hair” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for body hair is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for body hair in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is body hair, spelled B-O-D-Y- -H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
- 2An individual strand of such hair.
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.
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Using “body hair”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-D-Y- -H-A-I-R - 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.