Diplomat
[ˌdiploˈmaːt]
The verdict
“Diplomat” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #19,868 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,868
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “Diplomat” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Diplomat is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdiploˈmaːt]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,868 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “Diplomat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-P-L-O-M-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌdiploˈmaːt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Diplomaten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Diplomat vs Diplomaten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.