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backspace

Portuguese, noun

backspace is spelled B-A-C-K-S-P-A-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backspace is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “backspace (computer key)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does backspace mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebackspace (computer key)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of backspace

  • backspaces plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to backspace

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is backspace in Portuguese?

backspace appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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