Which to use
“digitale” and “digitalen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “digitale” frequency rank
- #4,971
- “digitalen” frequency rank
- 9002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digitale | digitalen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum und Neutrum, |
Where the eye mixes digitale and digitalen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digitale and digitalen
A purely visual mix-up. digitale ([diɡiˈtaːlə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “digitale” sits inside “digitalen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digitale is recorded at frequency rank #4,031, classified as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːlə]. 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 9002, this pair ranks #1,981,863 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digitale vs digitalen
Shared letters: adegilt. Private to "digitale": -. Private to "digitalen": n.
"digitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "digitalen" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digitale" and "digitalen" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "digitale" or "digitalen"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "digitale" and "digitalen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digitale" 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 #1,981,863 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digitale" 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 #1,981,863 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.