Which to use
“digit” and “digits” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,036
- “digit” frequency rank
- #11,872
- “digits” frequency rank
- 21908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digit | digits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system. | Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner. |
Letter map: digit vs digits
Shared letters muted; letters that set digit and digits apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: digit and digits
digit and digits 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 extra letter(s) - “digit” sits inside “digits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digit is recorded at frequency rank #10,036, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/. digits is at rank #11,872, tagged as anoun.
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 21908, this pair ranks #420,479 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digit vs digits
Shared letters: dgit. Private to "digit": -. Private to "digits": s.
"digit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "digits" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digit" and "digits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "digit" or "digits"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "digit" and "digits".
- Full dictionary entry for "digit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #420,479 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digit" and "digits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digi vs digits". 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 #420,479 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.