dentition
den·ti·tion/dɛnˈtɪʃən/noun
dentition is spelled D-E-N-T-I-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables (den·ti·tion). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dentition means “The set of natural teeth of an individual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dentition is dentitions.
How many letters and syllables are in dentition?
| Letters | 9: D-E-N-T-I-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: den·ti·tion |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th 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 dentition?
Dentition appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th 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 dentition?
- /dɛnˈtɪʃən/
Dentition has 3 syllables, split den·ti·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dentition.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dentition
- dentitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dentition mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The set of natural teeth of an individual.
- 2
The type, number and arrangement of the normal teeth of an organism or of the actual teeth of an individual.
- 3
An arrangement in an organism or object of projections that resemble teeth.
- 4
The process of growing teeth; teething.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dentition in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense set of natural teeth:
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 dentition come from?
From Latin dentītiō (“teething, dentition”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).