# backing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/ · frequency rank #4,823

## Definitions
1. Support, especially financial.
2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
3. A backdrop.
4. Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
5. The mounting of a horse or other animal.
6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

## Etymology
From back + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **baking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-baking)
- **biking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-biking)
- **basing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-basing)
- **baring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-baring)
- **Baskin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-baskin)
- **banking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-banking)
- **booking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-booking)
- **batting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-batting)
- **banning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-banning)
- **banging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-banging)
- **bathing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bathing)
- **barking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-barking)
- **bashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bashing)
- **barring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-barring)
- **braking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-braking)
- **backlog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-backlog)
- **bracing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bracing)
- **baiting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-baiting)
- **bagging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bagging)
- **bailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-bailing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`abcking`, `baccking`, `bacikng`, `backign`, `backingg`, `backinng`, `backking`, `backnig`, `bakcing`, `bbacking`, `bcaking`

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