somebody's
"somebody-s" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“somebody's” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,354
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-somebody-s · somebody's · English
somebody's · rank #16,354 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,354
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH solvent
Nearest frequency peer: solvent (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “somebody's”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- soaring
soaring
83,650 corpus weight
- soluble
soluble
83,649 corpus weight
- solvent
solvent
83,648 corpus weight
- somebody's
somebody's
83,647 corpus weight
- squid
squid
83,645 corpus weight
- Stamford
Stamford
83,644 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “somebody's” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | somebody's |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “somebody's” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around somebody's, apronoun. Corpus frequency is #16,354 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for somebody's, with forms such as "osmebody's", "smoebody's", and "soembody's". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "somebody", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From somebody + -'s. The correct English form is somebody's, spelled S-O-M-E-B-O-D-Y-'-S.
Definition
- 1Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Etymology
From somebody + -'s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osmebody's
- smoebody's
- soembody's
- sombeody's
- somebbody's
- somebdoy's
- somebod'ys
- someboddy's
- somebody'ss
- somebodys'
- somebodyy's
- someboyd's
- someobdy's
- sommebody's
- ssomebody's
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of somebody's - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "somebody's", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "somebody". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,354 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
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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.