Meanings
digraph1
digraph2
plural digraphs
- human sciencesA pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme (such as ae, oe, or Sz). (Such a pair is sometimes represented or encoded with a ligature, such as æ, œ, or ß.)
A consonant digraph is a combination of two consonants that represent one sound.
2023 November 14, Bronwyn, “What Is a Digraph? Understanding This Phonics Building Block”, in TeachStarter1 more example
As a special education teacher, I find that introducing one or two digraphs a week works well.
2022 July 11, Sarah Forst, “How to Teach Consonant Digraphs”, in The Designer Teacher - computingA two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
- divination of the Taixuanjinga sequence of two lines, each of which may be unbroken, broken once, or broken twice.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of directed graph.
More synonyms by meaning
nountwo successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
digraph · noun
From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “double”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”), equivalent to di- + -graph.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dígraf
- dígrafpair of letters
Chinese Mandarin 二合字母
- 二合字母 (èrhézìmǔ)pair of letters
Czech digraf
- digrafpair of letters
Dutch digraaf, digraaf
- digraafpair of letters
- digraafcomputing: two-character sequence
Esperanto duliteraĵo, digramo
- duliteraĵopair of letters
- digramopair of letters
- digrafopair of letters
Finnish kaksoiskirjain, digrafi
- kaksoiskirjainpair of letters
- digrafipair of letters
- digraficomputing: two-character sequence
French digramme
- digrammepair of letters
German Digraph, Digraph
- Digraphpair of letters
- Digraphcomputing: two-character sequence
Hungarian kettős betű, digráf
- kettős betűpair of letters
- digráfpair of letters
Irish délitir, délitir
- délitirpair of letters
- délitircomputing: two-character sequence
Italian digramma
- digrammapair of letters
Lithuanian dvi̇̀raidis
- dvi̇̀raidispair of letters
Malay digraf, dwihuruf
- digrafpair of letters
- dwihurufpair of letters
- dwilambangpair of letters
Polish dwuznak, digraf
- dwuznakpair of letters
- digrafpair of letters
- digrafcomputing: two-character sequence
Portuguese dígrafo
- dígrafopair of letters
Russian дигра́ф, дигра́мма
- дигра́ф (digráf)pair of letters
- дигра́мма (digrámma)pair of letters
- дигра́ф (digráf)computing: two-character sequence
Slovak digraf
- digrafpair of letters
Spanish dígrafo, dígrafo
- dígrafopair of letters
- dígrafocomputing: two-character sequence
Vietnamese chữ ghép
- chữ ghéppair of letters
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Cite this entry
digraph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digraph
“digraph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digraph. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digraph,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digraph.
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