backport
verb, noun
backport is spelled B-A-C-K-P-O-R-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, backport means “To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in backport?
| Letters | 8: B-A-C-K-P-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 backport?
Backport appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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).
How do you pronounce backport?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-backport.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of backport
- backports present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- backporting participle, present
- backported participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does backport mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
- 2
To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.
noun
- 1
An act of backporting.
This backport fixes an urgent bug.
- 2
A software program that has been backported.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Backport in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a n:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | corregir retroactivamente |
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 backport come from?
From back + port.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).