Which to use
“digest” and “dîmes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,281
- “digest” frequency rank
- #41,760
- “dîmes” frequency rank
- 89041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digest | dîmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réduction de texte, abrégé, condensé. | Pluriel de dîme. |
Where the eye mixes digest and dîmes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. digest runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against dîmes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: digest vs dîmes
A purely visual mix-up. digest (\di.ʒɛst\) and dîmes (\dim\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89041, 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\. dîmes is at rank #41,760, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dim\.
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 89041, this pair ranks #6,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of digest vs dîmes
Shared letters: des. Private to "digest": git. Private to "dîmes": mî.
"digest" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "dîmes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- digest ← ddigest · dgiest · diegst · digesst · digestt · digets · diggest · digset
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digest" and "dîmes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "digest" vs "dîmes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digest" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dîmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digest" and "dîmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digest vs digeste". 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 #6,249 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.