backed
/bækt/adjective, verb
backed is spelled B-A-C-K-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, backed means “Having specified type of back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in backed?
| Letters | 6: B-A-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is backed?
Backed appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 backed?
- /bækt/
Backed has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-backed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does backed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
obsoleteslangPut on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.
- 2
Having specified type of back.
a high-backed chair
- 3
Having specified type of backing.
asset-backed securities
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of back
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does backed come from?
From back (noun) + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).