record deal
"record-deal" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“record deal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | record deal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “record deal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
record deal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for record deal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is record deal, spelled R-E-C-O-R-D- -D-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1An agreement between a record label and a musician or music group, by which the musician or group agrees to record a certain number of songs to be published by the label.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “record deal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-C-O-R-D- -D-E-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- 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.