dentine
\dɑ̃.tin\
The verdict
“dentine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dentine · dentine · French
dentine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dentine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɑ̃.tin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dentine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dentine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɑ̃.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dentine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dentine, spelled D-E-N-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Substance majoritaire constituant la dent et plus généralement l’organe dentaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dentine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dentine est vascularisée et innervée par les vaisseaux et les nerfs venant du desmodonte depuis l’apex radiculaire jusqu’à la chambre pulpaire coronaire
Autour de la pulpe et des canaux, la dentine est le tissu dur où se fixe le calcium.
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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.