digne

\diɲ\

/\diɲ\/ adj

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The verdict

“digne” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,134
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mérite quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-digne · digne · French

digne · rank #3,134 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,134
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH difficiles

Nearest frequency peer: difficiles (-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 « digne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « digne » 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).

digne vs din
60% similar
digne vs dire
60% similar
digne vs dite
60% similar

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

Key facts for digne
PropertyValue
Headworddigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\diɲ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,134
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « digne »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « difficiles » (#3,133), « disparition » (#3,135), « culturelle » (#3,132). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « digne » est au #3,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around digne (IPA \diɲ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,134 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for digne, with forms such as "ddigne", "dgine", and "digen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "din", "dire", "dite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is digne, spelled D-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mérite quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Qui mérite quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Qui a de l’honnêteté, de la probité, qui mérite l’estime. — Note d’usage : Il se place alors avant le nom.
  4. 4
    Qui est grave, composé, mêlé de réserve et de fierté.
  5. 5
    Qui est en conformité, en convenance, en proportion avec.
  6. 6
    Qui est en conformité, en convenance, en proportion avec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’étais à peine digne de dénouer ses sandales.
  2. Digne de louange, de récompense. — Digne d’estime, de confiance. — Digne de mépris, de punition. — Digne de grâce, de pardon. — Digne d’être aimé, adoré.

Antonyms

indigne

This word in other languages

worthy(English)digno(Español)würdig(Deutsch)digno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddigne
  • dgine
  • digen
  • diggne
  • dignne
  • dinge
  • idgne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddigne1dgine2digen2diggne1dignne1dinge2idgne2
Edit distance from "digne"

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 "digne"?
"digne" is spelled D-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \diɲ\.
What does "digne" mean?
As an adjective, "digne" means: Qui mérite quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "digne"?
"digne" is commonly confused with "din", "dire", "dite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digne" is \diɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digne" come from?
"digne" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dépôt#3,136culte#3,131voler#3,115odeur#3,154

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

appels7 variantsaccusé7 variantsvirus7 variantspitié7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list