# cure

> English word · Noun · IPA /kjɔː(r)/ · frequency rank #4,149

## Definitions
1. A method, device or medication that restores good health.
2. An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
3. A solution to a problem.
4. A process of preservation, as by smoking.
5. Cured fish.
6. A process of solidification or gelling.
7. A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
8. Care, heed, or attention.
9. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
10. That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.

## Etymology
From Middle English cure, borrowed from Old French cure (“care, cure, healing, cure of souls”), from Latin cura (“care, medical attendance, cure”). Displaced native Old English hǣlu, but survived as heal.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cut)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cuz)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cuts)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curt)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cusp)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cuss)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curse)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curry)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cured)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curly)
- **cutie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cutie)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curvy)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curie)
- **curia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curia)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-curved)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cure-vs-cursed)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ccure`, `crue`, `cuer`, `curre`, `ucre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cure