diploma
/dɪˈploʊmə/noun
diploma is spelled D-I-P-L-O-M-A: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diploma means “A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diploma is diplomas or diplomata.
How many letters and syllables are in diploma?
| Letters | 7: D-I-P-L-O-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is diploma?
Diploma appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce diploma?
- UK /dɪˈpləʊmə/
- US /dɪˈploʊmə/
Diploma has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-diploma.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with diploma?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as diploma from its last stressed vowel (/oʊmə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of diploma
- diplomas plural
- diplomata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diploma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A document issued by an educational institution testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
get a diploma
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate diploma?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of diploma: dipl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diploma in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense certificate:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does diploma come from?
From Latin diplōma, from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “folded paper, license”), from διπλόω (diplóō, “to double, fold over”), from διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).