diente

/[ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,626

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

diente is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estructura compleja de varias capas de tejido, la más externa de las cuales es de apariencia ósea, que la mayoría de los vertebrados tienen en la mandíbula para ayudar a cortar y triturar la comida... Pronounced [ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #9,626 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dieta and diese.

Key facts for diente
PropertyValue
Headworddiente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,626
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for diente is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,626 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for diente, with forms such as "ddiente", "deinte", and "dienet". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "dieta", "diese", "digne", and more, 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 diente, spelled D-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estructura compleja de varias capas de tejido, la más externa de las cuales es de apariencia ósea, que la mayoría de los vertebrados tienen en la mandíbula para ayudar a cortar y triturar la comida. En algunas especies están asimismo adaptados para la defensa y la predación. Existen varios tipos de dientes, ajustados a la dieta de la especie, y la fórmula dentaria es una de las claves típicas en la identificación fisiológica de un animal.
  2. 2
    Puntas o púas que presentan algunas herramientas y que constituyen su borde funcional para cortar o desempeñar otra actividad.
  3. 3
    Protuberancia roma que presentan los engranajes para articularse entre sí.
  4. 4
    Reborde de relieve zigzagueante que presentan algunos papeles troquelados tras el corte del troquel.
  5. 5
    Eminencia geográfica cuyo perfil recuerda por su agudeza al de un canino.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddiente,deinte,dienet,diennte,dientte,dietne,dinete,idente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diente

Misspelling Variants of "diente"

ddiente7deinte6dienet6diennte7dientte7dietne6dinete6idente6
Misspelling Variants of "diente"

Frequency rank: #9,626 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diente"?
"diente" is spelled D-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e].
What does "diente" mean?
As a noun, "diente" means: Estructura compleja de varias capas de tejido, la más externa de las cuales es de apariencia ósea, que la mayoría de los vertebrados tienen en la mandíbula para ayudar a cortar y triturar la comida...
What words are commonly confused with "diente"?
"diente" is commonly confused with "dieta", "diese", "digne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diente" is [ˈd̪jẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diente" come from?
"diente" 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.