digital

\di.ʒi.tal\

/\di.ʒi.tal\/ adj

The verdict

“digital” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,077 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#6,077
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient aux doigts.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

digital vs digitale
88% similar
digital vs digitaux
75% similar
digital vs digitales
78% similar

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

Key facts for digital
PropertyValue
Headworddigital
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.ʒi.tal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,077
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “digital” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). digital lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for digital is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.ʒi.tal\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,077 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui appartient aux doigts.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for digital, with forms such as "ddigital", "dgiital", and "diggital". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "digitale", "digitaux", "digitales", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is digital, spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient aux doigts.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddigital,dgiital,diggital,digiatl,digitall,digitla,digittal,digtial,diigtal,idgital

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digital - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddigital1dgiital2diggital1digiatl2digitall1digitla2digittal1digtial2
Edit distance from "digital"

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 "digital"?
"digital" is spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʒi.tal\.
What does "digital" mean?
As an adjective, "digital" means: Qui appartient aux doigts.
What words are commonly confused with "digital"?
"digital" is commonly confused with "digitale", "digitaux", "digitales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digital"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digital" is \di.ʒi.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digital" come from?
"digital" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “digital”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-I-G-I-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \di.ʒi.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “digitale” - see the side-by-side comparison. digital vs digitale
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list