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 May 6, 2026) - A woman who has an attractive face but a less attractive body.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | butterbody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “butterbody” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “butterbody”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-U-T-T-E-R-B-O-D-Y - 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.