dentigerous
"dentigerous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dentigerous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dentigerous · dentigerous · English
dentigerous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dentigerous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dentigerous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dentigerous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dentigerous, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) + -gerous (“bearing”). The correct English form is dentigerous, spelled D-E-N-T-I-G-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dentigerous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
Etymology
From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) + -gerous (“bearing”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.