dentales

/[d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,989

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

dentales is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de dental. Pronounced [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. Often confused with detalles and dental.

Key facts for dentales
PropertyValue
Headworddentales
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales]
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,989
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dentales in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dentales is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,989 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de dental.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for dentales, with forms such as "ddentales", "denatles", and "denntales". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "detalles", "dental", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dentales, spelled D-E-N-T-A-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de dental.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddentales,denatles,denntales,dentaels,dentaless,dentalles,dentalse,dentlaes,denttales,detnales,dnetales,edntales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dentales

Misspelling Variants of "dentales"

ddentales9denatles8denntales9dentaels8dentaless9dentalles9dentalse8dentlaes8
Misspelling Variants of "dentales"

Frequency rank: #25,989 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dentales"?
"dentales" is spelled D-E-N-T-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales].
What does "dentales" mean?
As an adj, "dentales" means: Forma del plural de dental.
What words are commonly confused with "dentales"?
"dentales" is commonly confused with "detalles", "dental". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dentales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentales" is [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ales]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentales" come from?
"dentales" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.