# digit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/ · frequency rank #10,036

## Definitions
1. A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system.
2. A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.
3. ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
4. A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
5. Synonym of inch.
6. A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
7. Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
8. Synonym of degree: ¹⁄₃₆₀ of a circle.
9. Synonym of manicule.

## Etymology
From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.

## Easily confused with
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dit)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dirt)
- **digs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-digs)
- **dist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dist)
- **dint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dint)
- **Dixie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dixie)
- **Dwight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dwight)
- **digits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-digits)
- **digital** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-digital)
- **dignity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-dignity)
- **dig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dig-vs-digit)
- **diet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diet-vs-digit)
- **didi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/didi-vs-digit)
- **digi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digi-vs-digit)
- **didnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/didnt-vs-digit)
- **debit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debit-vs-digit)
- **Dalit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalit-vs-digit)
- **Diggs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diggs-vs-digit)
- **Digby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digby-vs-digit)
- **digest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digest-vs-digit)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddigit`, `dgiit`, `diggit`, `digitt`, `digti`, `diigt`, `idgit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/digit