curry comb
/ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/
"curry-comb" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“curry comb” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A flat comb used to brush down a horse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-curry-comb · curry comb · English
curry comb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | curry comb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “curry comb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
curry comb is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A flat comb used to brush down a horse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for curry comb, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is curry comb, spelled C-U-R-R-Y- -C-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1A flat comb used to brush down a horse.
This word in other languages
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.