busybody
"busybody" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“busybody” is uncommon English (frequency #81,194 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,194
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
Corpus desk
Index EN-busybody · busybody · English
busybody · rank #81,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,194
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH bushmaster
Nearest frequency peer: bushmaster (-2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “busybody”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- burdock
burdock
18,812 corpus weight
- burgher
burgher
18,811 corpus weight
- bursitis
bursitis
18,810 corpus weight
- bushmaster
bushmaster
18,809 corpus weight
- busybody
busybody
18,807 corpus weight
- butyrate
butyrate
18,805 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “busybody” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | busybody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “busybody” in English
Rare enough to double-check
busybody is uncommon English at frequency #81,194 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for busybody in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From busy + body. The correct English form is busybody, spelled B-U-S-Y-B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
- 2A device consisting of three mirrors that, when attached to the wall of a house, allows an occupant to see who is at the front door without a direct line of sight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how busybody appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſybody in wother mens matters.
Candidly speaking, I thought her a little busy-body; but her father, blind like other parents, seemed perfectly content to let her wait on him, and even wonderfully soothed by her offices.
Etymology
From busy + body.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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