# record

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/ · frequency rank #625

## Definitions
1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
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.
3. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
4. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
5. 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.
6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

## Etymology
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

## Easily confused with
- **recur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recur)
- **report** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-report)
- **reform** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-reform)
- **resort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-resort)
- **regard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-regard)
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-reward)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-retard)
- **rector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-rector)
- **reload** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-reload)
- **recoup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recoup)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-retort)
- **rework** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-rework)
- **resold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-resold)
- **Renard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-renard)
- **records** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-records)
- **Redford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-redford)
- **rectory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-rectory)
- **recorded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recorded)
- **recorder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recorder)
- **recon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recon-vs-record)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ercord`, `rceord`, `reccord`, `recodr`, `recordd`, `recorrd`, `recrod`, `reocrd`, `rrecord`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/record