Which to use
“digital” and “digitale” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,109
- “digital” frequency rank
- #4,031
- “digitale” frequency rank
- 8140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digital | digitale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital |
Where the eye mixes digital and digitale
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: digital vs digitale
A purely visual mix-up. digital ([diɡiˈtaːl]) and digitale ([diɡiˈtaːlə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “digital” sits inside “digitale”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digital is recorded at frequency rank #4,109, classified as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːl]. digitale is at rank #4,031, tagged as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːlə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8140, this pair ranks #1,985,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digital vs digitale
Shared letters: adgilt. Private to "digital": -. Private to "digitale": e.
"digital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "digitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digital" and "digitale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "digital" vs "digitale" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digitale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,985,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digital" and "digitale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digital vs digitales". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,985,482 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.