tape recorder
"tape-recorder" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tape recorder” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tape recorder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tape recorder” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tape recorder is 13 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: "An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tape recorder in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is tape recorder, spelled T-A-P-E- -R-E-C-O-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
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 “tape recorder”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-A-P-E- -R-E-C-O-R-D-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.