background

adj

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The verdict

“background” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,923
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de fundo, de pano de fundo, de plano de fundo

Corpus desk

Index PT-background · background · Portuguese

background · rank #19,923 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,923
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH birthday

Nearest frequency peer: birthday (+3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “background”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “background” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for background
PropertyValue
Headwordbackground
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,923
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “background”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.backgroundcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “birthday” (#19,926), “cimeira” (#19,934), “combinou” (#19,939). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “background” fica em #19,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around background, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,923 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 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". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is background, spelled B-A-C-K-G-R-O-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    de fundo, de pano de fundo, de plano de fundo
  2. 2
    em pano de fundo, em plano de fundo, em segundo plano

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how background appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Do you like the desktop background color?
  2. Kill any background process.

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.

abckground2bacckground1bacgkround2backgground1backgorund2backgronud2backgroudn2backgroundd1
Edit distance from "background"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "background"?
"background" is spelled B-A-C-K-G-R-O-U-N-D.
What does "background" mean?
As an adjective, "background" means: de fundo, de pano de fundo, de plano de fundo
What are common misspellings of "background"?
Common misspellings include "abckground", "bacckground", "bacgkround", "backgground", "backgorund". The correct spelling is "background".
What language does "background" come from?
"background" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "background", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list