digital
[diɡiˈtaːl]
The verdict
“digital” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,109 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,109
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digital |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [diɡiˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “digital” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for digital is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for digital, with forms such as "ddigital", "dgiital", and "diggital". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is digital, spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1auf der Datenübertragung oder Datenverarbeitung durch diskrete (meist elektrische oder elektromagnetische) Signale beruhend
- 2die Finger betreffend, mit dem Finger durchgeführt
- 3(Daten) mit Ziffern und Zahlen darstellend
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddigital,dgiital,diggital,digiatl,digitall,digitla,digittal,digtial,diigtal,idgital
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digital - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “digital”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-G-I-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [diɡiˈtaːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “digitale” - see the side-by-side comparison. digital vs digitale
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.