# body

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒd.i/ · frequency rank #382

## Definitions
1. Physical frame.
2. Physical frame.
3. Physical frame.
4. Physical frame.
5. Physical frame.
6. Main section.
7. Main section.
8. Main section.
9. Main section.
10. Main section.
11. Main section.
12. Main section.
13. Coherent group.
14. Coherent group.
15. Coherent group.
16. Material entity.
17. Material entity.
18. Material entity.
19. Material entity.
20. The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
21. A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-
Proto-West Germanic *bodag
Old English bodiġ
Middle English bodi
English body
From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).

## Easily confused with
- **by** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-by)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-buy)
- **boy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-boy)
- **box** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-box)
- **bow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bow)
- **bud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bud)
- **boo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-boo)
- **bot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bot)
- **BON** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bon)
- **Boi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-boi)
- **bop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bop)
- **bog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bog)
- **BOM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bom)
- **bpd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bpd)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bor)
- **bok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bok)
- **bol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-bol)
- **Boe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-boe)
- **both** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-both)
- **book** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/body-vs-book)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbody`, `bdoy`, `boddy`, `bodyy`, `obdy`

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