# backer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbækɚ/ · frequency rank #28,826

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.

## Etymology
From back + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **bake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bake)
- **baker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-baker)
- **backs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-backs)
- **baked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-baked)
- **Bauer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bauer)
- **biker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-biker)
- **Bayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bayer)
- **bakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bakes)
- **backup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-backup)
- **banner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-banner)
- **basket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-basket)
- **bucket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bucket)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-broker)
- **barber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-barber)
- **banker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-banker)
- **bakery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bakery)
- **bunker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-bunker)
- **barker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-barker)
- **batter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-batter)
- **Baxter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backer-vs-baxter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`abcker`, `baccker`, `bacekr`, `backerr`, `backker`, `backre`, `bakcer`, `bbacker`, `bcaker`

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