panacea
pan·a·ce·a/ˌpænəˈsiːə/noun
panacea is spelled P-A-N-A-C-E-A: 7 letters and 4 syllables (pan·a·ce·a). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, panacea means “A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of panacea is panaceas or panaceae.
How many letters and syllables are in panacea?
| Letters | 7: P-A-N-A-C-E-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: pan·a·ce·a |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is panacea?
Panacea appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce panacea?
- UK /ˌpænəˈsiːə/
- UK /ˌpænəˈsɪə/
- /ˌpæn.əˈsiː.ə/
Panacea has 4 syllables, split pan·a·ce·a in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-panacea.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with panacea?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as panacea from its last stressed vowel (/iə/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of panacea
- panaceas plural
- panaceae plural
- panaceæ plural
- panacaea
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does panacea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
- 2
A solution to all problems.
A monorail will be a panacea for our traffic woes.
- 3
obsoleteThe plant allheal (Valeriana officinalis), believed to cure all ills.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Panacea in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | panacée |
| German | Allheilmittel, Panazee , Patentrezept, Wunderwaffe |
| Portuguese | panaceia |
| Spanish | panacea , mano de santo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does panacea come from?
From Latin panacēa, from Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).