backcourt
"backcourt" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“backcourt” is uncommon English (frequency #57,227 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,227
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
Corpus desk
Index EN-backcourt · backcourt · English
backcourt · rank #57,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,227
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH bagh
Nearest frequency peer: bagh (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “backcourt”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- autologous
autologous
42,777 corpus weight
- ayo
ayo
42,776 corpus weight
- backcourt
backcourt
42,774 corpus weight
- bagh
bagh
42,773 corpus weight
- bandmate
bandmate
42,772 corpus weight
- bantamweight
bantamweight
42,771 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “backcourt” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backcourt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “backcourt” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
backcourt is uncommon English at frequency #57,227 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for backcourt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From back + court. The correct English form is backcourt, spelled B-A-C-K-C-O-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
- 2A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
- 3The area farthest from the opponent's goal around the nine-metre line, where a team's defensive centre players are located.
Etymology
From back + court.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.