The French have changed title to a digit (9)

I believe the answer is:

littletoe

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'a digit' is the definition.
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'the french have changed title to' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'have' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'changed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'title'+'to'='titleto'
'titleto' is an anagram of 'ittleto'.
'le' going around 'ittleto' is 'LITTLETOE'.

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