dent de sagesse
\dɑ̃ də sa.ʒɛs\
The verdict
“dent de sagesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’une des quatre dernières molaires, qui poussent ordinairement entre 17 et 25 ans. Certains n’en ont pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dent-de-sagesse · dent de sagesse · French
dent de sagesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dent de sagesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ də sa.ʒɛs\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dent de sagesse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dent de sagesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɑ̃ də sa.ʒɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "L’une des quatre dernières molaires, qui poussent ordinairement entre 17 et 25 ans. Certains n’en ont pas.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dent de sagesse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dent de sagesse, spelled D-E-N-T- -D-E- -S-A-G-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1L’une des quatre dernières molaires, qui poussent ordinairement entre 17 et 25 ans. Certains n’en ont pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dent de sagesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai une dent de sagesse qui me fait mal.
Bien que réputée facile, l’extraction chirurgicale des dents de sagesse maxillaires est compliquée par leur situation anatomique qui rend leur abord souvent délicat à cause de l’étroitesse du couloir d’accès.
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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.