Which to use
“digital” and “digitaux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,077
- “digital” frequency rank
- #46,106
- “digitaux” frequency rank
- 52183
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digital | digitaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient aux doigts. | Masculin pluriel de digital. |
Where the eye mixes digital and digitaux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. digital runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against digitaux's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between digital and digitaux
A purely visual mix-up. digital (\di.ʒi.tal\) and digitaux (\di.ʒi.to\) 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 52183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digital is recorded at frequency rank #6,077, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.ʒi.tal\. digitaux is at rank #46,106, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.ʒi.to\.
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 52183, this pair ranks #149,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digital vs digitaux
Shared letters: adgit. Private to "digital": l. Private to "digitaux": ux.
"digital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "digitaux" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digital" and "digitaux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "digital" or "digitaux" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "digital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digitaux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digital" and "digitaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digitale vs digitaux". 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 #149,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.