Which to use
“digitalen” and “digitaler” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,971
- “digitalen” frequency rank
- #15,064
- “digitaler” frequency rank
- 20035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digitalen | digitaler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum und Neutrum, | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs digital |
Where the eye mixes digitalen and digitaler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: digitalen vs digitaler
A purely visual mix-up. digitalen ([diɡiˈtaːlən]) 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 a single letter - n in “digitalen” becomes r in “digitaler”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digitalen is recorded at frequency rank #4,971, classified as anadj, pronounced [diɡiˈtaːlən]. 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 20035, this pair ranks #1,901,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digitalen vs digitaler
Shared letters: adegilt. Private to "digitalen": n. Private to "digitaler": r.
"digitalen" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "digitaler" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digitalen" and "digitaler" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "digitalen" vs "digitaler" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "digitalen" and "digitaler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digitalen" 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 #1,901,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digitalen" 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 #1,901,995 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.