How to spell record

hear itre·cord/rةھ'kة”rd/verbLong vowels

What it means: To capture audio or video for later playback.

In a sentence: I like to record my voice singing funny songs.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as recrod or rekord.

Same family: recorded, recording, recorder, recording-session, documentation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Record comes from Old French 'recorder', which originally meant 'to remind' or 'to bring back to mind'. Over time, its meaning shifted from remembering in your heart to capturing sound or information so you can play it back later.

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