homebody
"homebody" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“homebody” is uncommon English (frequency #80,535 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,535
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
Corpus desk
Index EN-homebody · homebody · English
homebody · rank #80,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,535
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH HMI
Nearest frequency peer: HMI (-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 “homebody”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hiroko
Hiroko
19,470 corpus weight
- histrionics
histrionics
19,469 corpus weight
- HMI
HMI
19,468 corpus weight
- homebody
homebody
19,466 corpus weight
- homeostatic
homeostatic
19,464 corpus weight
- Hornsey
Hornsey
19,462 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “homebody” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | homebody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “homebody” in English
Rare enough to double-check
homebody is uncommon English at frequency #80,535 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for homebody, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From home + body. The correct English form is homebody, spelled H-O-M-E-B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how homebody appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although my uncle likes to travel, my aunt is a homebody, so he usually comes with us while she stays home with her cats.
After Phillis left Mrs. Weston's room, she was on her way to her cabin, when she noticed Aunt Peggy sitting alone at the door. She was rather a homebody; yet she reproached herself with having neglected poor old Peggy, when she saw her looking so desolate and dejected.
Etymology
From home + 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).