Which to use
“digitale” and “digitales” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,031
- “digitale” frequency rank
- #16,678
- “digitales” frequency rank
- 20709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digitale | digitales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital |
Where the eye mixes digitale and digitales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digitale and digitales
A purely visual mix-up. digitale ([diɡiˈtaːlə]) and digitales ([diɡiˈtaːləs]) 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 “digitales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20709, 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]. digitales is at rank #16,678, tagged as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːləs].
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 20709, this pair ranks #1,894,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digitale vs digitales
Shared letters: adegilt. Private to "digitale": -. Private to "digitales": s.
"digitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "digitales" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digitale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digitales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,894,633 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digitale" and "digitales" 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 #1,894,633 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.