Which to use
“digital” is an adjective and “dígito” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #953
- “digital” frequency rank
- #27,071
- “dígito” frequency rank
- 28024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digital | dígito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo aos dedos | cada um dos símbolos de 0 a 9 usados para formar os números |
Where the eye mixes digital and dígito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digital and dígito
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: digital is /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/ while dígito is /ˈdi.ʒi.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digital is recorded at frequency rank #953, classified as anadj, pronounced /di.ʒi.ˈtaɫ/. dígito is at rank #27,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdi.ʒi.tu/.
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 28024, this pair ranks #40,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digital vs dígito
Shared letters: dgit. Private to "digital": al. Private to "dígito": oí.
"digital" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dígito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- digital ← ddigital · dgiital · diggital · digiatl · digitall · digitla · digittal · digtial
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "digital" and "dígito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "digital" or "dígito" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "digital" and "dígito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digital" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dígito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digital" and "dígito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dígito vs dízimo". 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 #40,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.