brody
/bɹoʊdi/noun
brody is spelled B-R-O-D-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brody means “Intentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brody is brodies.
How many letters and syllables are in brody?
| Letters | 5: B-R-O-D-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is brody?
Brody appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce brody?
- /bɹoʊdi/
- /bɹəʊdi/
Brody has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-brody.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Brody.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with brody
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: brodie.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of brody
- brodies plural
- brodie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brody mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangIntentionally spinning in circles and sliding in an automobile.
I spun a brody in some chat up at the old zinc mine.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of Brodie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).