singer-songwriter
"singer-songwriter" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“singer-songwriter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-singer-songwriter · singer-songwriter · English
singer-songwriter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | singer-songwriter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “singer-songwriter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
singer-songwriter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.