digraph
/ˈdaɪˌɡræf/noun
digraph is spelled D-I-G-R-A-P-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, digraph means “A directed graph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of digraph is digraphs.
How many letters and syllables are in digraph?
| Letters | 7: D-I-G-R-A-P-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is digraph?
Digraph appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce digraph?
- UK /ˈdaɪˌɡɹɑːf/
- UK /ˈdaɪˌɡɹæf/
- US /ˈdaɪˌɡræf/
Digraph has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-digraph.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of digraph
- digraphs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does digraph mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A directed graph.
- 2
A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
- 3
A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
- 4
a sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Digraph in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does digraph come from?
Blend of directed + graph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).