humpbacked
adjective, verb
humpbacked is spelled H-U-M-P-B-A-C-K-E-D: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, humpbacked means “Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in humpbacked?
| Letters | 10: H-U-M-P-B-A-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th 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 humpbacked?
Humpbacked appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th 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 humpbacked?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-humpbacked.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of humpbacked
- hump-backed
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humpbacked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
- 2
Being a humpback bridge.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of humpback
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humpbacked in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having a hump on the back:
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 humpbacked come from?
From hump + backed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).