Rekord

/[ʁeˈkɔʁt]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,420

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Rekord is aGermannoun. It means: anerkannte Bestleistung in einer bestimmten Disziplin zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt Pronounced [ʁeˈkɔʁt]. It ranks #5,420 in German word frequency. Often confused with Report and Rektor.

Key facts for Rekord
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HeadwordRekord
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁeˈkɔʁt]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,420
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Rekord in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rekord is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeˈkɔʁt]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,420 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rekord, with forms such as "erkord", "rekkord", and "rekodr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Report", "Rektor", "Resort", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Rekord, spelled R-E-K-O-R-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    anerkannte Bestleistung in einer bestimmten Disziplin zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt
  2. 2
    Höchstleistung oder bester Wert auf einem anderen Gebiet

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erkord,rekkord,rekodr,rekordd,rekorrd,rekrod,reokrd,rkeord,rrekord

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rekord

Misspelling Variants of "Rekord"

erkord6rekkord7rekodr6rekordd7rekorrd7rekrod6reokrd6rkeord6
Misspelling Variants of "Rekord"

Frequency rank: #5,420 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rekord"?
"Rekord" is spelled R-E-K-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈkɔʁt].
What does "Rekord" mean?
As a noun, "Rekord" means: anerkannte Bestleistung in einer bestimmten Disziplin zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt
What words are commonly confused with "Rekord"?
"Rekord" is commonly confused with "Report", "Rektor", "Resort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rekord"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rekord" is [ʁeˈkɔʁt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rekord" come from?
"Rekord" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.