backup

/[baˈkap]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,517

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

backup is aSpanishnoun. It means: Copia de uno o varios archivos que se hace para poder restaurarlos en el el caso de que los originales se corrompan. Pronounced [baˈkap]. Often confused with Bakú and back.

Key facts for backup
PropertyValue
Headwordbackup
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈkap]
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,517
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of backup in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for backup is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈkap]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,517 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Copia de uno o varios archivos que se hace para poder restaurarlos en el el caso de que los originales se corrompan.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for backup, with forms such as "abckup", "bacckup", and "backkup". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Bakú", "back", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is backup, spelled B-A-C-K-U-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Copia de uno o varios archivos que se hace para poder restaurarlos en el el caso de que los originales se corrompan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abckup,bacckup,backkup,backpu,backupp,bacukp,bakcup,bbackup,bcakup,vackup

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for backup

Misspelling Variants of "backup"

abckup6bacckup7backkup7backpu6backupp7bacukp6bakcup6bbackup7
Misspelling Variants of "backup"

Frequency rank: #38,517 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "backup"?
"backup" is spelled B-A-C-K-U-P. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈkap].
What does "backup" mean?
As a noun, "backup" means: Copia de uno o varios archivos que se hace para poder restaurarlos en el el caso de que los originales se corrompan.
What words are commonly confused with "backup"?
"backup" is commonly confused with "Bakú", "back". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "backup"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "backup" is [baˈkap]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "backup" come from?
"backup" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.