# recorder

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹiˈkɔː.də/ · frequency rank #11,096

## Definitions
1. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
2. Agent noun of record; one who records.
3. A judge in a municipal court.

## Etymology
From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **records** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorder-vs-records)
- **recover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorder-vs-recover)
- **reporter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorder-vs-reporter)
- **reformer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorder-vs-reformer)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-recorder)
- **recorded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recorded-vs-recorder)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ercorder`, `rceorder`, `reccorder`, `recodrer`, `recordder`, `recorderr`, `recordre`, `recoredr`, `recorrder`, `recroder`, `reocrder`, `rrecorder`

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