Diplomat
[ˌdiploˈmaːt]
The verdict
“Diplomat” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,868
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die von der Regierung eines Staates dazu ermächtigt ist, diesen Staat im Ausland oder bei internationalen Organisationen zu vertreten und Verhandlungen zu führen; eine Person im diplomatisc...
Corpus desk
Index DE-diplomat · Diplomat · German
Diplomat · rank #19,868 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,868
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dessous
Nearest frequency peer: Dessous (-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 „Diplomat“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- delle
delle
80,136 corpus weight
- Denkmals
Denkmals
80,135 corpus weight
- Dessous
Dessous
80,134 corpus weight
- Diplomat
Diplomat
80,133 corpus weight
- dominierten
dominierten
80,131 corpus weight
- donnerstags
donnerstags
80,130 corpus weight
What this shows „Diplomat“ 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 | Diplomat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌdiploˈmaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Diplomat“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Diplomat (IPA [ˌdiploˈmaːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,868 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person, die von der Regierung eines Staates dazu ermächtigt ist, diesen Staat im Ausland oder bei internationalen Organisationen zu vertreten und Verhandlungen zu führen; eine Person im diplomatisc...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diplomat, with forms such as "ddiplomat", "dilpomat", and "dipllomat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Diplomaten", "Diplomatie", "Diplom", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Diplomat, spelled D-I-P-L-O-M-A-T.
Definition
- 1Person, die von der Regierung eines Staates dazu ermächtigt ist, diesen Staat im Ausland oder bei internationalen Organisationen zu vertreten und Verhandlungen zu führen; eine Person im diplomatischen Dienst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diplomat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diplomaten genießen besondere Rechte.
Ein Diplomat ist ein Missionschef oder Mitglied des diplomatischen Personals einer Mission, der die Interessen des eigenen Staates im Ausland oder bei einer internationalen Organisation vertritt.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiplomat
- dilpomat
- dipllomat
- diplmoat
- diploamt
- diplomatt
- diplommat
- diplomta
- dipolmat
- dipplomat
- dpilomat
- idplomat
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diplomat - 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 "Diplomat", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).