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 May 6, 2026) - Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dentigerous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dentigerous” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “dentigerous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-N-T-I-G-E-R-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.