How to Pronounce “record”

Stress changes the meaning. “record” is one of the English noun/verb pairs distinguished only by stress. REC-ord, with the stress on the first syllable, is the noun — a document or a piece of recorded music. re-CORD, with the stress on the second, is the verb — to capture sound, or to write something down.

English Word Stress Rules — Where the Emphasis Goes

Stress placement is what makes a word sound right. The rules, and the pairs where stress alone changes the meaning.

Two-Syllable Word Stress — REcord vs reCORD Pairs

The noun–verb stress pairs: REcord the noun versus reCORD the verb, the vowel changes that come with them, and the words that do not shift.

• Noun and verb stress pairs