singer-songwriter
"singer-songwriter" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“singer-songwriter” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | singer-songwriter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “singer-songwriter” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for singer-songwriter is 17 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.".
singer-songwriter has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter. The correct English form is singer-songwriter, spelled S-I-N-G-E-R---S-O-N-G-W-R-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
Etymology
From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter.
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 “singer-songwriter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-I-N-G-E-R---S-O-N-G-W-R-I-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.