dig

onomatopoeia

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,253

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dig is anFrenchonomatopoeia. It means: Son métallique. Often confused with du and dr.

Key facts for dig
PropertyValue
Headworddig
LanguageFrench
Part of speechOnomatopoeia
Letters3
Frequency rank#39,253
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dig in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dig is 3 letters long, classified as anonomatopoeia. Corpus data places it at rank #39,253 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Son métallique.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for dig in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "dr", "do", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dig, spelled D-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Son métallique.

Frequency rank: #39,253 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dig"?
"dig" is spelled D-I-G.
What does "dig" mean?
As an onomatopoeia, "dig" means: Son métallique.
What words are commonly confused with "dig"?
"dig" is commonly confused with "du", "dr", "do". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "dig" come from?
"dig" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.