diplomatic bag
"diplomatic-bag" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diplomatic bag” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diplomatic-bag · diplomatic bag · English
diplomatic bag · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diplomatic bag |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “diplomatic bag” in English
Rare enough to double-check
diplomatic bag is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for diplomatic bag in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is diplomatic bag, spelled D-I-P-L-O-M-A-T-I-C- -B-A-G.
Definition
- 1A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diplomatic bag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s 6d net. [...] His occasional journeys with the diplomatic bags was not a task the author greatly relished.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.