tridentate
adjective
tridentate is spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T-A-T-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tridentate means “Having three teeth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tridentate?
| Letters | 10: T-R-I-D-E-N-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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 tridentate?
Tridentate appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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).
What does tridentate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having three teeth
- 2
Having tooth-like projections that are themselves bidentate.
- 3
Capable of attaching to a metal ion at three points
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tridentate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having three teeth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tridenté |
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 tridentate come from?
From tri- + dentate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).