Which to use
“digital” and “digitalen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,109
- “digital” frequency rank
- #4,971
- “digitalen” frequency rank
- 9080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digital | digitalen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum und Neutrum, |
Where the eye mixes digital and digitalen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digital and digitalen
A purely visual mix-up. digital ([diɡiˈtaːl]) and digitalen ([diɡiˈtaːlən]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “digital” sits inside “digitalen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9080, 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]. digitalen is at rank #4,971, tagged as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːlən].
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 9080, this pair ranks #1,981,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digital vs digitalen
Shared letters: adgilt. Private to "digital": -. Private to "digitalen": en.
"digital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "digitalen" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digital" and "digitalen" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "digital" or "digitalen"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "digital" and "digitalen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digitalen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,981,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digital" and "digitalen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digitalen 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 #1,981,547 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.