back office
\ba.k‿ɔ.fis\
The verdict
“back office” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arrière-guichet, arrière-boutique, post-marché, service d’appui, services de soutien, services administratifs : service d’une entreprise chargé de la facturation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | back office |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ba.k‿ɔ.fis\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “back office” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
back office is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ba.k‿ɔ.fis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arrière-guichet, arrière-boutique, post-marché, service d’appui, services de soutien, services administratifs : service d’une entreprise chargé de la facturation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for back office in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is back office, spelled B-A-C-K- -O-F-F-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Arrière-guichet, arrière-boutique, post-marché, service d’appui, services de soutien, services administratifs : service d’une entreprise chargé de la facturation.
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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.
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Using “back office”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-A-C-K- -O-F-F-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ba.k‿ɔ.fis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.