body heat
"body-heat" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“body heat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | body heat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “body heat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
body heat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.".
No misspelling variants are generated for body heat in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 heat, spelled B-O-D-Y- -H-E-A-T.
Definition
- 1Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.
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 heat”
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- The one correct English spelling is B-O-D-Y- -H-E-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.