# digress

> English word · Verb · IPA /daɪˈɡɹɛs/ · frequency rank #38,804

## Definitions
1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

## Etymology
From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

## Easily confused with
- **dress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digress-vs-dress)
- **duress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digress-vs-duress)
- **distress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digress-vs-distress)
- **digest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/digest-vs-digress)
- **degrees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/degrees-vs-digress)
- **depress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depress-vs-digress)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddigress`, `dgiress`, `digerss`, `diggress`, `digres`, `digrress`, `digrses`, `dirgess`, `idgress`

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