Which to use
“digestifs” and “digestives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,212
- “digestifs” frequency rank
- #44,418
- “digestives” frequency rank
- 77630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digestifs | digestives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de digestif. | Féminin pluriel de digestif. |
Where the eye mixes digestifs and digestives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. digestifs runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against digestives's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: digestifs vs digestives
A purely visual mix-up. digestifs (\di.ʒɛs.tif\) and digestives (\di.ʒɛs.tiv\) 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 77630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digestifs is recorded at frequency rank #33,212, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.ʒɛs.tif\. digestives is at rank #44,418, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.ʒɛs.tiv\.
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 77630, this pair ranks #27,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of digestifs vs digestives
Shared letters: degist. Private to "digestifs": f. Private to "digestives": v.
"digestifs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "digestives" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- digestifs ← ddigestifs · dgiestifs · diegstifs · digesitfs · digesstifs · digestfis · digestiffs · digestifss
- digestives ← ddigestives · dgiestives · diegstives · digesitves · digesstives · digestievs · digestivess · digestivse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digestifs" and "digestives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "digestifs" vs "digestives" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digestifs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digestives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digestifs" and "digestives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digestive vs digestives". 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 #27,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.