# backend

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,388

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of back end.

## Etymology
From back + end.

## Easily confused with
- **baked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-baked)
- **backer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-backer)
- **banked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-banked)
- **barked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-barked)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-backing)
- **blacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-blacked)
- **bracken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-bracken)
- **backhand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-backhand)
- **blackened** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backend-vs-blackened)
- **backed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backed-vs-backend)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abckend`, `bacckend`, `baceknd`, `backedn`, `backendd`, `backennd`, `backkend`, `backned`, `bakcend`, `bbackend`, `bcakend`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/backend