digit

Other forms of digit

plural

digits·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about digit

What does digit mean?

digit means "one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in digit?

digit has 2 syllables: dig-it. The stress falls on "dig". In IPA it is /ˈdɪdʒət/.

What is another word for digit?

Close synonyms include figure, finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, dactyl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is digit a common word?

digit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.