over my dead body
/oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/
"over-my-dead-body" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“over my dead body” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a prep_phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | over my dead body |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| IPA | /oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “over my dead body” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for over my dead body is 17 letters long, classified as a prep_phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Under no circumstances; absolutely not.".
over my dead body has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is over my dead body, spelled O-V-E-R- -M-Y- -D-E-A-D- -B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
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 “over my dead body”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-V-E-R- -M-Y- -D-E-A-D- -B-O-D-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.