backs
/bæks/
"backs" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“backs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,025
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of back
Corpus desk
Index EN-backs · backs · English
backs · rank #6,025 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,025
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH assisted
Nearest frequency peer: assisted (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “backs”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- archives
archives
93,979 corpus weight
- array
array
93,978 corpus weight
- assisted
assisted
93,977 corpus weight
- backs
backs
93,976 corpus weight
- belly
belly
93,975 corpus weight
- booth
booth
93,974 corpus weight
What this shows “backs” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bæks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,025 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “backs”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around backs (IPA /bæks/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,025 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for backs, with forms such as "abcks", "baccks", and "backks". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BCS", "Bas", "bak", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is backs, spelled B-A-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1plural of back
- 2The backyard of the University.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abcks
- baccks
- backks
- backss
- bacsk
- bakcs
- bbacks
- bcaks
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of backs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).