chirurgien-dentiste
\ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃.dɑ̃.tist\
The verdict
“chirurgien-dentiste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialiste habilité à pratiquer la chirurgie dentaire.
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Index FR-chirurgien-dentiste · chirurgien-dentiste · French
chirurgien-dentiste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chirurgien-dentiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃.dɑ̃.tist\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chirurgien-dentiste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃.dɑ̃.tist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spécialiste habilité à pratiquer la chirurgie dentaire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chirurgien-dentiste in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chirurgien-dentiste, spelled C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-E-N---D-E-N-T-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Spécialiste habilité à pratiquer la chirurgie dentaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chirurgien-dentiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En France, « on n’a pas d’étude chiffrée, mais, de manière très claire, on a constaté que beaucoup plus de gens ont bruxé pendant cette période de pandémie », assure Christophe Lequart, chirurgien-dentiste et porte-parole de l’Union française pour la santé bucco-dentaire (UFSBD).
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