backlink
noun, verb
backlink is spelled B-A-C-K-L-I-N-K: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, backlink means “A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of backlink is backlinks.
How many letters and syllables are in backlink?
| Letters | 8: B-A-C-K-L-I-N-K |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 90,432nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is backlink?
Backlink appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 90,432nd 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).
Forms of backlink
- backlinks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- backlinking participle, present
- backlinked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backlink mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.
- 2
A reference to an object on another server, allowing it to be updated periodically.
- 3
A link to another page that links to the current one, often in an automatically assembled list of links to all other such pages, allowing for bidirectional navigation.
verb
- 1
To link in this fashion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Backlink in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense computing: a hyperlink to a webpage from an external website:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lien retour |
| German | Rückverweis, Backlink |
| Spanish | retroenlace |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does backlink come from?
From back + link.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).