background
\bak.ɡʁund\
The verdict
“background” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,869
- frequency rank, French
- 227,490
- “B” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contexte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-background · background · French
background · rank #24,869 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,869
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 227,490
- PHOTO-FINISH aveuglément
Nearest frequency peer: aveuglément (-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 “background”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- assouvir
assouvir
75,135 corpus weight
- aveuglément
aveuglément
75,133 corpus weight
- background
background
75,132 corpus weight
- baissée
baissée
75,131 corpus weight
- ballets
ballets
75,130 corpus weight
- baser
baser
75,129 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “background” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | background |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bak.ɡʁund\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “background” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around background (IPA \bak.ɡʁund\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,869 among 227,490 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for background, with forms such as "abckground", "bacckground", and "bacgkround". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is background, spelled B-A-C-K-G-R-O-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Contexte.
- 2Arrière-plan, toile de fond.
- 3Structure préexistante avant un nouveau développement d’un produit.
- 4Socle de connaissance, de savoir-faire et savoir-être d’une personne, résultant de sa formation initiale et de son expérience. Vécu.
- 5Contexte, monde imaginaire, diégèse.
- 6Historique d’un personnage, ses origines, son vécu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how background appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je trouvai logique de garer la Buick au même endroit, à hauteur de la petite boutique de disques, fermée elle aussi, et où j’avais entendu pour la première fois la voix rauque et séduisante du gros Fats Domino avec son merveilleux background de piano désaccordé.
Dans cette hypothèse, le service achat doit distinguer le régime applicable au background (c’est-à-dire aux éléments qui préexistent avant le marché) et celui afférant au résultat (foreground), explique l’associée de H2O.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abckground
- bacckground
- bacgkround
- backgground
- backgorund
- backgronud
- backgroudn
- backgroundd
- backgrounnd
- backgrround
- backgruond
- backkground
- backrgound
- bakcground
- bbackground
- bcakground
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of background - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "background", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.