archwire
noun
archwire is a noun meaning “An orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-W-I-R-E, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of archwire is archwires.
What does archwire mean?
noun
- 1
An orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of archwire
- archwires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archwire?
Archwire appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th 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).
Archwire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | arco |
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 archwire come from?
From arch + wire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).