Diplom
[diˈploːm]
The verdict
“Diplom” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,746
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Urkunde, mit der jemand für eine bestimmte Leistung/Leistungen geehrt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-diplom · Diplom · German
Diplom · rank #7,746 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,746
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Diego
Nearest frequency peer: Diego (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Diplom“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Dichte
Dichte
92,258 corpus weight
- dicker
dicker
92,257 corpus weight
- Diego
Diego
92,256 corpus weight
- Diplom
Diplom
92,255 corpus weight
- division
division
92,254 corpus weight
- drängen
drängen
92,253 corpus weight
What this shows „Diplom“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Diplom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diˈploːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Diplom“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Diplom (IPA [diˈploːm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,746 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diplom, with forms such as "ddiplom", "dilpom", and "dipllom". 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, "Diplomat", "Dialog", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Diplom, spelled D-I-P-L-O-M.
Definition
- 1Urkunde, mit der jemand für eine bestimmte Leistung/Leistungen geehrt wird
- 2Urkunde, die amtlich bestätigt, dass jemand ein entsprechendes Hochschulstudium mit Erfolg abgeschlossen hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diplom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie absolvierte ihr Jodel-Diplom bei Loriot.
Nach vier Jahren Studium wird Johann hoffentlich sein Diplom erlangt haben.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiplom
- dilpom
- dipllom
- diplmo
- diplomm
- dipolm
- dipplom
- dpilom
- idplom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diplom - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Diplom", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).