gramophone
[ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]
"gramophone" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gramophone” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #41,653 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,653
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A record player.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gramophone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #41,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gramophone” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gramophone is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,653 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A record player.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for gramophone, with forms such as "garmophone", "ggramophone", and "grammophone". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) English Gramophoneder… The correct English form is gramophone, spelled G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A record player.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma) Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) English Gramophoneder. English gramophone From the trademark Gramophone, coined by German-American inventor Emile Berliner in 1887 after the invention of the first phonograph, from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “letter”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garmophone,ggramophone,grammophone,gramohpone,gramophhone,gramophnoe,gramophoen,gramophonne,gramopohne,gramopphone,grampohone,graomphone,grmaophone,grramophone,rgamophone
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gramophone - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “gramophone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-M-O-P-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡɹæ.məˌfəʊn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.