foreign body
"foreign-body" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“foreign body” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foreign body |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “foreign body” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
foreign body is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.".
foreign body has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is foreign body, spelled F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “foreign body”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-O-R-E-I-G-N- -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.