backfoot
verb
backfoot is spelled B-A-C-K-F-O-O-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, backfoot means “To put on the defensive; to put off balance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in backfoot?
| Letters | 8: B-A-C-K-F-O-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is backfoot?
Backfoot appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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).
What rhymes with backfoot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as backfoot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: factbook.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of backfoot
- backfoots present, singular, he/she/it
- backfooting participle, present
- backfooted participle, past
- back-foot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backfoot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does backfoot come from?
From back + foot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).