Which to use
“digitale” is a noun and “digitaux” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,764
- “digitale” frequency rank
- #46,106
- “digitaux” frequency rank
- 58870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digitale | digitaux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante de la famille des Scrophulariacées, dont la fleur en longs épis pourpres ressemble quelque peu à un doigt de gant. | Masculin pluriel de digital. |
Where the eye mixes digitale and digitaux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. digitale (CVCVCVCV) and digitaux (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses digitale with digitaux
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: digitale is \di.ʒi.tal\ while digitaux is \di.ʒi.to\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digitale is recorded at frequency rank #12,764, classified as anoun, 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 58870, this pair ranks #106,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of digitale vs digitaux
Shared letters: adgit. Private to "digitale": el. Private to "digitaux": ux.
"digitale" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "digitaux" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digitale" and "digitaux" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "digitale" vs "digitaux" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digitale" 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 #106,419 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digitale" and "digitaux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digital 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 #106,419 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.