backdown
noun
backdown is spelled B-A-C-K-D-O-W-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, backdown means “An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of backdown is backdowns.
How many letters and syllables are in backdown?
| Letters | 8: B-A-C-K-D-O-W-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th 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 backdown?
Backdown appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 backdown
- backdowns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backdown mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does backdown come from?
From back + down.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).