# digital

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/ · frequency rank #1,560

## Definitions
1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

## Easily confused with
- **digits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digital-vs-digits)
- **distal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digital-vs-distal)
- **digitally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digital-vs-digitally)
- **digit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digit-vs-digital)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddigital`, `dgiital`, `diggital`, `digiatl`, `digitall`, `digitla`, `digittal`, `digtial`, `diigtal`, `idgital`

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