# remedy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛmədi/ · frequency rank #9,392

## Definitions
1. Something that corrects or counteracts.
2. The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong.
3. A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.
4. The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc.

## Etymology
From Middle English remedie, from Old French *remedie, remede, from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + mederi (“to heal”). Doublet of remeid.

## Easily confused with
- **reed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reed-vs-remedy)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ready-vs-remedy)
- **Reddy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reddy-vs-remedy)
- **reedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reedy-vs-remedy)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remade-vs-remedy)
- **recede** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recede-vs-remedy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ermedy`, `reemdy`, `remdey`, `remeddy`, `remedyy`, `remeyd`, `remmedy`, `rmeedy`, `rremedy`

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