record
rec·ord/ˈɹɛk.ɚd/noun, adjective, verb
record is spelled R-E-C-O-R-D, 2 syllables: rec·ord. The wrong spelling people search most is rocord: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 769 of all searches for the word. Record is a noun meaning “An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium”. The plural of record is records.
How many letters and syllables are in record?
| Letters | 6: R-E-C-O-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: rec·ord |
| In writing | 162 times per million words; the 625th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, rocord, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell record?
Record is spelled R-E-C-O-R-D. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 503 of the searches for record in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is record?
Record appears 162 times per million words in written English, the 625th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce record?
- UK /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
- US /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/
- US /ˈɹɛk.ɔɹd/
As a verb (“To make a record of information”): /ɹɪˈkɔːd/, /ɹə-/, /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/.
Record has 2 syllables, split rec·ord in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-record-noun.ogg, En-us-record-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with record?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as record (/ɛkəɹd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: corder.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of record
- records plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- recording participle, present
- recorded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does record mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
- 2
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
We have no record of you making this payment to us.
- 3
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
I still like records better than CDs.
- 4
informalA music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
- 5
A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
- 6
A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- 7
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
adjective
- 1
Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
verb
- 1
To make a record of information.
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
- 2
To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
- 3
To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
- 4
To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- 5
To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
- 6
obsoleteTo repeat; to practice.
- 7
obsoleteTo sing or repeat a tune.
- 8
obsoleteTo reflect; to ponder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate record?
Wiktionary records 5 abbreviations of record: AOR, rcd, rcd., rec., recd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Record in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enregistrement , disque , record , enregistrer |
| German | Aufzeichnung, Aufnahme, Eintrag , Schallplatte , Rekord , Datensatz |
| Portuguese | registro, registo , vinil , recorde , registrar , gravar |
| Spanish | récor , vinilo, disco de vinilo , récord, plusmarca , registro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does record come from?
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).