widebody
"widebody" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“widebody” is uncommon English (frequency #86,951 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,951
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.
Corpus desk
Index EN-widebody · widebody · English
widebody · rank #86,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,951
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilmette
Nearest frequency peer: Wilmette (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “widebody”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wethersfield
Wethersfield
13,058 corpus weight
- widebody
widebody
13,050 corpus weight
- Wilmette
Wilmette
13,049 corpus weight
- Wishaw
Wishaw
13,048 corpus weight
- WMF
WMF
13,046 corpus weight
- wog
wog
13,045 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “widebody” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | widebody |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “widebody” in English
Rare enough to double-check
widebody is uncommon English at frequency #86,951 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
widebody doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compound of wide + body. The correct English form is widebody, spelled W-I-D-E-B-O-D-Y.
Definition
- 1An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.
- 2A player with a wide or heavyset body.
- 3A tennis racket having a thick (although not necessarily wide) frame, increasing the racket's stiffness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how widebody appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of widebodies.
The increased design freedom offered by composites was demonstrated with the introduction of "widebody" rackets, such as the Profile by Wilson, in the late 1980s. Widebody rackets have larger cross sections around the centre of the frame than the handle and tip, to give higher stiffness in the region of maximum bending.
Etymology
Compound of wide + body.
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).