butterbody
"butterbody" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“butterbody” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
Corpus desk
Index EN-butterbody · butterbody · English
butterbody · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butterbody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “butterbody” in English
Rare enough to double-check
butterbody is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.".
butterbody doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: After the model of butterface, equivalent to an ellipsis of various forms of everything looks good but her body, great face but her body, etc., under the influence of butter, which see. The correct English form is butterbody, spelled B-U-T-T-E-R-B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how butterbody appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her body really wasn’t that great, on second thought. Her arms and neck were tight and thin, but her hips and legs were a little dumpy. She was sort of a butterbody, really.
The list began as an online poll letting men of all ages cast their votes for the biggest butterbodies of 2008. But what exactly is a butterbody? According to the Spike TV website, butterbodies are girls who are hot everywhere but their bodies.
Etymology
After the model of butterface, equivalent to an ellipsis of various forms of everything looks good but her body, great face but her body, etc., under the influence of butter, which see.
Antonyms
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.