talkback
"talkback" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talkback” is uncommon English (frequency #71,958 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,958
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others (host, presenter, anchor) during performance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talkback |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “talkback” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
talkback is uncommon English at frequency #71,958 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
talkback has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from talk back. The correct English form is talkback, spelled T-A-L-K-B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others (host, presenter, anchor) during performance.
- 2Communication from members of the public to the makers of a broadcast transmission while it is happening.
Etymology
Deverbal from talk back.
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 “talkback”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-L-K-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.