magic bullet
"magic-bullet" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“magic bullet” 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | magic bullet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “magic bullet” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for magic bullet is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. 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 simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.".
magic bullet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of German Zauberkugel. Coined by physician Paul Ehrlich as an allusion to the opera Der Freischütz. Compare silver bullet, from werewolf lore. The correct English form is magic bullet, spelled M-A-G-I-C- -B-U-L-L-E-T.
Definition
- 1A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.
Etymology
Calque of German Zauberkugel. Coined by physician Paul Ehrlich as an allusion to the opera Der Freischütz. Compare silver bullet, from werewolf lore.
Synonyms
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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 “magic bullet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-I-C- -B-U-L-L-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.