digital
/di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/
The verdict
“digital” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #953 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #953
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo aos dedos
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digital |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “digital” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for digital is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #953 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for digital, with forms such as "ddigital", "dgiital", and "diggital". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dígito", "distal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is digital, spelled D-I-G-I-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1relativo aos dedos
- 2relativo aos dígitos (cada um dos algarismos de 0 a 9) ou que apresenta informação em forma de dígitos:
- 3diz-se dos equipamentos que, para processar informação, utilizam o código binário (os dígitos 0 e 1) para representar impulsos elétricos ou a sua ausência:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddigital,dgiital,diggital,digiatl,digitall,digitla,digittal,digtial,diigtal,idgital
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of digital - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “digital”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-G-I-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dígito” - see the side-by-side comparison. digital vs dígito
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.