dentifrice

\dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\

/\dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“dentifrice” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,906. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,906
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préparation servant à nettoyer les dents.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dentifrice · dentifrice · French

dentifrice · rank #21,906 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,906
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Davidson

Nearest frequency peer: Davidson (-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 « dentifrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dentifrice » 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
Key facts for dentifrice
PropertyValue
Headworddentifrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,906
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dentifrice »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dentifricese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Davidson » (#21,905), « Depardieu » (#21,907), « côtoient » (#21,904). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dentifrice » est au #21,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around dentifrice (IPA \dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,906 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Préparation servant à nettoyer les dents.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dentifrice, with forms such as "ddentifrice", "denitfrice", and "denntifrice". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dentifrice, spelled D-E-N-T-I-F-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préparation servant à nettoyer les dents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans ce but il est indispensable de leur faire nettoyer les dents matin et soir avec une poudre et mieux encore avec un savon dentifrice. À cet effet, on leur recommandera de faire usage d'une brosse pas trop dure avec laquelle ils se nettoieront les dents.
  2. Les dentifrices se présentent sous l'aspect liquide, pâteux, solide, en poudre. […] les dentifrices pâteux sont souvent renfermés dans un tubes dont on presse une extrémité pour faire sortir la pâte à l'autre extrémité, et la répandre sur la brosse à dents.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddentifrice
  • denitfrice
  • denntifrice
  • dentfirice
  • dentiffrice
  • dentifirce
  • dentifrcie
  • dentifricce
  • dentifriec
  • dentifrrice
  • dentirfice
  • denttifrice
  • detnifrice
  • dnetifrice
  • edntifrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dentifrice - 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.

ddentifrice1denitfrice2denntifrice1dentfirice2dentiffrice1dentifirce2dentifrcie2dentifricce1
Edit distance from "dentifrice"

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 "dentifrice"?
"dentifrice" is spelled D-E-N-T-I-F-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\.
What does "dentifrice" mean?
As a noun, "dentifrice" means: Préparation servant à nettoyer les dents.
What are common misspellings of "dentifrice"?
Common misspellings include "ddentifrice", "denitfrice", "denntifrice", "dentfirice", "dentiffrice". The correct spelling is "dentifrice".
How do you pronounce "dentifrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dentifrice" is \dɑ̃.ti.fʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dentifrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list