digestible

Name: digestible, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/

//daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“digestible” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,606
frequency rank, English: 3,470
“D” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being digested.

Corpus desk

Index EN-digestible · digestible · English

digestible · rank #42,606 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #42,606
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 3,470
PHOTO-FINISH dialectical

Nearest frequency peer: dialectical (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

despondent

57,399
despot

57,398
dialectical

57,396
digestible

57,395
disembark

57,393
dogging

57,389

What this shows “digestible” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

digestible vs digestive

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for digestible
Property	Value
Headword	digestible
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#42,606
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “digestible”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).digestiblelands here:

#42,606

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “dialectical” (#42,605), “disembark” (#42,608), “despot” (#42,603). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “digestible” is #42,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around digestible (IPA /daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,606 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capable of being digested.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for digestible, with forms such as "ddigestible", "dgiestible", and "diegstible". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "digestive", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French digestible, equivalent to digest + -ible. The correct English form is digestible, spelled D-I-G-E-S-T-I-B-L-E.

Definition

1
Capable of being digested.

Etymology

From Old French digestible, equivalent to digest + -ible.

Synonyms

bite-sized

Antonyms

indigestible

This word in other languages

digestible(Français)verdaulich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddigestible
dgiestible
diegstible
digesitble
digesstible
digestable
digestbile
digestibble
digestibel
digestiblle
digestilbe
digesttible
digetsible
diggestible
digsetible
idgestible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digestible - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "digestible"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "digestible"?

"digestible" is spelled D-I-G-E-S-T-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/.

What does "digestible" mean?

As an adjective, "digestible" means: Capable of being digested.

What words are commonly confused with "digestible"?

"digestible" is commonly confused with "digestive". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "digestible"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digestible" is /daɪˈdʒɛstəbəɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "digestible"?

From Old French digestible, equivalent to digest + -ible. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "digestible", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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