back
\bak\
The verdict
“back” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,632. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,632
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de backen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-back · back · French
back · rank #5,632 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,632
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH arrêts
Nearest frequency peer: arrêts (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “back”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- aire
aire
94,372 corpus weight
- antique
antique
94,371 corpus weight
- arrêts
arrêts
94,370 corpus weight
- back
back
94,369 corpus weight
- boston
boston
94,368 corpus weight
- brûler
brûler
94,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “back” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | back |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bak\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,632 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “back” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around back (IPA \bak\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,632 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de backen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for back, with forms such as "abck", "bacck", and "backk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "BC", "BK", "bas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is back, spelled B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de backen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abck
- bacck
- backk
- bakc
- bback
- bcak
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of back - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "back", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "back". Here's where to go from here.
- "back" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "BC". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,632 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "B" letter cohort. B–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.