digest

\di.ʒɛst\

/\di.ʒɛst\/ noun

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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
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-digest · digest · French

digest · rank #47,281 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,281
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diffamatoire

Nearest frequency peer: diffamatoire (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « digest »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « digest » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

digest vs dites
67% similar
digest vs dires
67% similar
digest vs dises
67% similar

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

Key facts for digest
PropertyValue
Headworddigest
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ʒɛst\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,281
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « digest »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).digestse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « diffamatoire » (#47,280), « digeste » (#47,282), « diagnostiqués » (#47,279). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « digest » est au #47,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around digest (IPA \di.ʒɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,281 among 5,307 “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

  1. 1
    Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Puis, très volubile, il me donna un « digest » de la pensée politique des officiers de pacification : « Nous ne partirons pas », c'était le leitmotiv.

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.

ddigest1dgiest2diegst2digesst1digestt1digets2diggest1digset2
Edit distance from "digest"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "digest"?
"digest" is spelled D-I-G-E-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʒɛst\.
What does "digest" mean?
As a noun, "digest" means: Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé.
What words are commonly confused with "digest"?
"digest" is commonly confused with "dites", "dires", "dises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digest"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digest" is \di.ʒɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digest" come from?
"digest" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Easter#47,312emojis#47,315compos#47,240exigez#47,327

Similar misspelling depth

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

cuirasse9 variantsdrakkar9 variantscocaine9 variantsfaçonnée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list