backcheck
verb, noun
backcheck is spelled B-A-C-K-C-H-E-C-K: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, backcheck means “To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in backcheck?
| Letters | 9: B-A-C-K-C-H-E-C-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is backcheck?
Backcheck appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of backcheck
- backchecks present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- backchecking participle, present
- backchecked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backcheck mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
- 2
To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal.
- 3
To check someone else's work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type of review or audit, especially one that runs on a backchannel workflow in parallel with the main workflow (and thus is not a rate-determining or throughput-bottlenecking step).
noun
- 1
The act of backchecking.
That was a great backcheck, Gordie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does backcheck come from?
From back + check.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).