different between backest vs backtest

English

Etymology

back +? -est

Adjective

backest

1. (phonetics) superlative form of back: most back

   Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller (2005), Phonetics for communication disorders, p. 56:

   He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx.

Verb

backest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of back

Anagrams

• backets, backset, set back, setback

German

Pronunciation

Verb

backest

1. second-person singular subjunctive I of backen

English

Etymology

back +? test

Verb

backtest (third-person singular simple present backtests, present participle backtesting, simple past and past participle backtested)

1. (intransitive) To test a strategy, model etc. using data from a previous time.

German

Pronunciation

Verb

backtest

1. inflection of backen:
   1. second-person singular preterite
   2. second-person singular subjunctive II