periodontist
noun
periodontist is spelled P-E-R-I-O-D-O-N-T-I-S-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, periodontist means “A dentist whose speciality is periodontics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of periodontist is periodontists.
How many letters and syllables are in periodontist?
| Letters | 12: P-E-R-I-O-D-O-N-T-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 periodontist?
Periodontist appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Forms of periodontist
- periodontists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does periodontist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dentist whose speciality is periodontics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Periodontist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dentist whose speciality is periodontics:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | parodontologue, périodontiste |
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.