backlink
"backlink" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“backlink” is uncommon English (frequency #90,171 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,171
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.
Corpus desk
Index EN-backlink · backlink · English
backlink · rank #90,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,171
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 31,241
- PHOTO-FINISH bagatelle
Nearest frequency peer: bagatelle (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “backlink”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- avaricious
avaricious
9,838 corpus weight
- awf
awf
9,834 corpus weight
- backlink
backlink
9,830 corpus weight
- bagatelle
bagatelle
9,828 corpus weight
- bairn
bairn
9,827 corpus weight
- Banbridge
Banbridge
9,824 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “backlink” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backlink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “backlink” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
backlink is uncommon English at frequency #90,171 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
backlink doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From back + link. The correct English form is backlink, spelled B-A-C-K-L-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1A hyperlink to a webpage from an external website.
- 2A reference to an object on another server, allowing it to be updated periodically.
- 3A 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.
Etymology
From back + link.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "backlink", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.