digits

noun

"digits" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“digits” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,872. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,872
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-digits · digits · English

digits · rank #11,872 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,872
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH dime

Nearest frequency peer: dime (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “digits”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

digits vs digs
67% similar
digits vs dignity
71% similar
digits vs digi
67% similar

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

Key facts for digits
PropertyValue
Headworddigits
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,872
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “digits”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).digitslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “dime” (#11,873), “dire” (#11,874), “dictator” (#11,869). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “digits” is #11,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around digits, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,872 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for digits, with forms such as "ddigits", "dgiits", and "diggits". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "digs", "dignity", "digi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is digits, spelled D-I-G-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how digits appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sure she seemed interested — but did you get those digits though?
  2. Muddah called every now and then, and I dialed her digits a few times too, but shit just felt funny when I talked to her.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddigits
  • dgiits
  • diggits
  • digist
  • digitss
  • digitts
  • digtis
  • diigts
  • idgits

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digits - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddigits1dgiits2diggits1digist2digitss1digitts1digtis2diigts2
Edit distance from "digits"

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 "digits"?
"digits" is spelled D-I-G-I-T-S.
What does "digits" mean?
As a noun, "digits" means: Synonym of telephone number; especially, the one that belongs to a potential dating partner.
What words are commonly confused with "digits"?
"digits" is commonly confused with "digs", "dignity", "digi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "digits" come from?
"digits" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list