digest
\di.ʒɛst\
The verdict
“digest” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,281. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,281
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.ʒɛst\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “digest” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around digest (IPA \di.ʒɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,281 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for digest, with forms such as "ddigest", "dgiest", and "diegst". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "dites", "dires", "dises", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is digest, spelled D-I-G-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddigest,dgiest,diegst,digesst,digestt,digets,diggest,digset,idgest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digest - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “digest”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-G-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.ʒɛst\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dites” - see the side-by-side comparison. digest vs dites
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.