Bodyguard

noun

The verdict

“Bodyguard” is uncommon French (frequency #87,382 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,382
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garde du corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bodyguard · Bodyguard · French

Bodyguard · rank #87,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,382
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bodybuilding

Nearest frequency peer: bodybuilding (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Bodyguard »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Bodyguard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bodyguard
PropertyValue
HeadwordBodyguard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Bodyguard » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Bodyguardtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bodybuilding » (#87,381), « Bonald » (#87,384), « bored » (#87,385). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Bodyguard » est au #87,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bodyguard is uncommon French at frequency #87,382 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Garde du corps.".

Bodyguard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Bodyguard, spelled B-O-D-Y-G-U-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garde du corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Bodyguard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Klaus ist mein Bodyguard.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bodyguard"?
"Bodyguard" is spelled B-O-D-Y-G-U-A-R-D.
What does "Bodyguard" mean?
As a noun, "Bodyguard" means: Garde du corps.
What language does "Bodyguard" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bodyguard", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list