cure-all
/ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/
"cure-all" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cure-all” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cure-all · cure-all · English
cure-all · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cure-all |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cure-all” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cure-all is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cure-all, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cure + -all. The correct English form is cure-all, spelled C-U-R-E---A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cure-all appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Step right up! Step right up! Our panacean patent medicine miracle cure-all will cure what ails ya! Cash only! No refunds.
Etymology
From cure + -all.
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.