orthodontist

1. 1.

   a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth

   Broaderdentist

Other forms of orthodontist

plural

orthodontists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orthodontist

What does orthodontist mean?

orthodontist means "a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth".

How many syllables are in orthodontist?

orthodontist has 4 syllables: or-tho-don-tist. The stress falls on "don". In IPA it is /ˌɔɹθəˈdɑntəst/.

Is orthodontist a common word?

orthodontist is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.