backgammon
[bakˈɣ̞amõn]
The verdict
“backgammon” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juego de tablero de estrategia y azar de 2 personas, cuyo objetivo es ser el primero en remover del tablero las fichas de uno mismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-backgammon · backgammon · Spanish
backgammon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | backgammon |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bakˈɣ̞amõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “backgammon” en español
Rare enough to double-check
backgammon is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [bakˈɣ̞amõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Juego de tablero de estrategia y azar de 2 personas, cuyo objetivo es ser el primero en remover del tablero las fichas de uno mismo.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for backgammon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is backgammon, spelled B-A-C-K-G-A-M-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1Juego de tablero de estrategia y azar de 2 personas, cuyo objetivo es ser el primero en remover del tablero las fichas de uno mismo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.