recorder

noun

The verdict

“recorder” is uncommon French (frequency #67,827 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,827
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d'une fonction juridique en Grande-Bretagne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recorder · recorder · French

recorder · rank #67,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,827
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recht

Nearest frequency peer: recht (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « recorder »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recorder » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recorder
PropertyValue
Headwordrecorder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « recorder » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recordertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « recht » (#67,826), « redressements » (#67,828), « redécouvrez » (#67,829). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recorder » est au #67,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recorder is uncommon French at frequency #67,827 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recorder, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recorder, spelled R-E-C-O-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom d'une fonction juridique en Grande-Bretagne.
  2. 2
    Appareil enregistreur ; magnétocassette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how recorder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le blasphème, c'est-à-dire la profanation du nom de Dieu, de Jésus-Christ ou du Saint-Esprit, est également punissable. S'il a lieu en présence d'un juge de paix, d'un alzlerman, du muyor ou d'un recorder, chacun de ces fonctionnaires peut, séance tenante, infliger au délinquant une amende et dix jours d'emprisonnement; […].
  2. Comment vous y retrouver ? Ainsi, lorsque vous voulez compléter votre chaîne Haute-Fidélité par un recorder, vous pouvez être amené à penser que la qualité d'un magnétocassette dépend uniquement de son prix.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

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"recorder" is spelled R-E-C-O-R-D-E-R.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "recorder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list