dentaire

\dɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\dɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“dentaire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,306. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,306
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport aux dents.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dentaire · dentaire · French

dentaire · rank #10,306 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,306
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH crochet

Nearest frequency peer: crochet (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dentaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dentaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dentaire vs déplaire
63% similar
dentaire vs dentaires
89% similar
dentaire vs défaire
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dentaire
PropertyValue
Headworddentaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,306
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dentaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dentairese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crochet » (#10,305), « diamants » (#10,307), « cran » (#10,304). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dentaire » est au #10,306. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around dentaire (IPA \dɑ̃.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,306 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a rapport aux dents.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dentaire, with forms such as "ddentaire", "denatire", and "denntaire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "déplaire", "dentaires", "défaire", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dentaire, spelled D-E-N-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport aux dents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dentaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Arcade dentaire.
  2. Greffe dentaire.

Synonyms

dental

This word in other languages

dentary(English)odontológico(Español)dentário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddentaire
  • denatire
  • denntaire
  • dentaier
  • dentairre
  • dentarie
  • dentiare
  • denttaire
  • detnaire
  • dnetaire
  • edntaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dentaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddentaire1denatire2denntaire1dentaier2dentairre1dentarie2dentiare2denttaire1
Edit distance from "dentaire"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dentaire"?
"dentaire" is spelled D-E-N-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "dentaire" mean?
As an adjective, "dentaire" means: Qui a rapport aux dents.
What words are commonly confused with "dentaire"?
"dentaire" is commonly confused with "déplaire", "dentaires", "défaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dentaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentaire" is \dɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentaire" come from?
"dentaire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dentaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diamants#10,307docteurs#10,309dynastie#10,311consulat#10,298

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

crochet11 variantscasquette11 variantsGauthier11 variantsbienvenu11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list