back crawl
/ˈbækˌkɹɔl/
"back-crawl" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“back crawl” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A style of swimming using the backstroke.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | back crawl |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbækˌkɹɔl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “back crawl” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
back crawl is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbækˌkɹɔl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A style of swimming using the backstroke.".
back crawl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is back crawl, spelled B-A-C-K- -C-R-A-W-L.
Definition
- 1A style of swimming using the backstroke.
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 “back crawl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-A-C-K- -C-R-A-W-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈbækˌkɹɔl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.