cure-dent
\kyʁ.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“cure-dent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit instrument servant à curer les dents.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cure-dent · cure-dent · French
cure-dent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cure-dent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kyʁ.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cure-dent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kyʁ.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit instrument servant à curer les dents.".
cure-dent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cure-dent, spelled C-U-R-E---D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Petit instrument servant à curer les dents.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cure-dent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous êtes des brutes ! vous voulez nettoyer une nation avec des cure-dents, répliqua l’homme à la république.
Des égueulés offraient des cure-dents et des cure-oreilles, et un affreux voyou dont les yeux se fleurissaient de compères-loriots hurlait : l’anneau brisé, la sûreté des clefs, dix centimes, deux sous !
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.