digital

/[diɡiˈtaːl]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,109

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

digital is anGermanadj. It means: auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend Pronounced [diɡiˈtaːl]. It ranks #4,109 in German word frequency. Often confused with digitale and digitalen.

Key facts for digital
PropertyValue
Headworddigital
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[diɡiˈtaːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,109
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of digital in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for digital is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [diɡiˈtaːl]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,109 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for digital, with forms such as "ddigital", "dgiital", and "diggital". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "digitale", "digitalen", "digitaler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is digital, spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend
  2. 2
    die Finger betreffend, mit dem Finger durchgeführt
  3. 3
    (Daten) mit Ziffern und Zahlen darstellend

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddigital,dgiital,diggital,digiatl,digitall,digitla,digittal,digtial,diigtal,idgital

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for digital

Misspelling Variants of "digital"

ddigital8dgiital7diggital8digiatl7digitall8digitla7digittal8digtial7
Misspelling Variants of "digital"

Frequency rank: #4,109 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "digital"?
"digital" is spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [diɡiˈtaːl].
What does "digital" mean?
As an adj, "digital" means: auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend
What words are commonly confused with "digital"?
"digital" is commonly confused with "digitale", "digitalen", "digitaler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digital"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digital" is [diɡiˈtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digital" come from?
"digital" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.