Which to use
“digitale” and “digitaler” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “digitale” frequency rank
- #15,064
- “digitaler” frequency rank
- 19095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digitale | digitaler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital |
Where the eye mixes digitale and digitaler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digitale and digitaler
A purely visual mix-up. digitale ([diɡiˈtaːlə]) and digitaler ([diɡiˈtaːlɐ]) 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 “digitaler”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19095, 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]. digitaler is at rank #15,064, tagged as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːlɐ].
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 19095, this pair ranks #1,911,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digitale vs digitaler
Shared letters: adegilt. Private to "digitale": -. Private to "digitaler": r.
"digitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "digitaler" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digitale" and "digitaler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "digitale" or "digitaler"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "digitale" and "digitaler" 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 "digitaler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,911,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digitale" and "digitaler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digitaler 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 #1,911,885 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.