bidentate
adjective
bidentate is spelled B-I-D-E-N-T-A-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, bidentate means “Having only two teeth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bidentate?
| Letters | 9: B-I-D-E-N-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bidentate?
Bidentate appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 bidentate?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-bidentate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bidentate
- bi-dentate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bidentate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having only two teeth.
- 2
Having tooth-like projections that are themselves dentate.
- 3
Of a ligand, forming two separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bidentate come from?
From bi- + dentate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).