rollback
"rollback" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rollback” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,857
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rollback |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rollback” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rollback, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,857 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rollback, with forms such as "orllback", "rlolback", and "rolback". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back. The correct English form is rollback, spelled R-O-L-L-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- 2A withdrawal of military forces.
- 3An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- 4The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- 5A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- 6The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- 7An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
Etymology
The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orllback
- rlolback
- rolback
- rolblack
- rollabck
- rollbacck
- rollbackk
- rollbakc
- rollbback
- rollbcak
- rrollback
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rollback - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “rollback”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-O-L-L-B-A-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.