curry comb
/ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/
"curry-comb" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“curry comb” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A flat comb used to brush down a horse.
| 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) |
Where “curry comb” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for curry comb is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “curry comb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-U-R-R-Y- -C-O-M-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌɹiˌkəʊm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.