denture
/ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/noun
denture is spelled D-E-N-T-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, denture means “A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of denture is dentures.
How many letters and syllables are in denture?
| Letters | 7: D-E-N-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th 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 denture?
Denture appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 denture?
- UK /ˈdɛntjə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˈdɛntʃə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈdɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Denture has 2 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)-Vealhurl-denture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of denture
- dentures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does denture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.
- 2
An artificial replacement of one or more teeth.
After the mouth surgery, she was fitted with a denture.
- 3
A complete replacement of all teeth in a mouth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Denture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dentition, denture, prothèse dentaire , dentier |
| German | Gebiss, Zahnprothese, Prothese, Zahnersatz |
| Portuguese | dentadura |
| Spanish | placa , dentadura postiza |
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 denture come from?
From French denture (“set of teeth”), from Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + -urus, -ura, -urum, a suffix implying a set.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).