Which to use
“digest” is a noun and “digeste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,281
- “digest” frequency rank
- #47,282
- “digeste” frequency rank
- 94563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digest | digeste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé. | Digestible, que l’on peut digérer. |
Same sound, different letters: digest vs digeste
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. digest runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against digeste's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - digest / digeste
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: digest and digeste carry the same recorded pronunciation, \di.ʒɛst\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “digest” sits inside “digeste”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digest is recorded at frequency rank #47,281, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.ʒɛst\. digeste is at rank #47,282, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.ʒɛst\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 94563, this pair ranks #1,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of digest vs digeste
Shared letters: degist. Private to "digest": -. Private to "digeste": -.
"digest" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "digeste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digest" and "digeste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "digest" or "digeste"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "digest" / "digeste". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "digest" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digeste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digest" and "digeste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diet vs digest". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.