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Which to use

“digi” and “DUI” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,327
“digi” frequency rank
#18,294
“DUI” frequency rank
63621
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature digi DUI
Definition A scale (weighing device) with a digital readout. Initialism of driving under the influence [of alcohol or other drugs]: the act of doing so; a charge or conviction for that act.

Letter map: digi vs DUI

Shared letters muted; letters that set digi and DUI apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
digi
3 ch
DUI

Corpus notes: digi and DUI

digi and DUI are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

digi is recorded at frequency rank #45,327, classified as anoun. DUI is at rank #18,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌdiː.juːˈaɪ/.

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 63621, this pair ranks #81,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of digi vs DUI

Shared letters: di. Private to "digi": g. Private to "DUI": u.

"digi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "DUI" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • digiddigi · dgii · diggi · diig · idgi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "digi" for "DUI" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "digi" or "DUI" show up more?
"DUI" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,294 in our English list, against #45,327 for "digi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "digi" vs "DUI" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "digi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "DUI" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,940 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digi" and "DUI" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digi vs DSI". 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 #81,940 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list