backcloth
noun
backcloth is spelled B-A-C-K-C-L-O-T-H: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, backcloth means “The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of backcloth is backcloths.
How many letters and syllables are in backcloth?
| Letters | 9: B-A-C-K-C-L-O-T-H |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th 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 backcloth?
Backcloth appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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).
How do you pronounce backcloth?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-backcloth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of backcloth
- backcloths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backcloth mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does backcloth come from?
From back + cloth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).