bicuspid
/baɪˈkʌspɪd/adjective, noun
bicuspid is spelled B-I-C-U-S-P-I-D: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bicuspid means “Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bicuspid?
| Letters | 8: B-I-C-U-S-P-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bicuspid?
Bicuspid appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 bicuspid?
- /baɪˈkʌspɪd/
Bicuspid has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bicuspid.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bicuspid
- bicuspids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bicuspid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
- 1
Synonym of premolar, a two-pointed tooth between the cuspids and molars.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bicuspid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
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 bicuspid come from?
From bi- + cuspid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).