# diplomatic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/ · frequency rank #5,956

## Definitions
1. Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
2. Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
3. Describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus.
4. Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.

## Etymology
From French diplomatique and its etymon New Latin diplōmaticus. By surface analysis, diplomat + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **diplomat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diplomat-vs-diplomatic)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ddiplomatic`, `dilpomatic`, `dipllomatic`, `diplmoatic`, `diploamtic`, `diplomaitc`, `diplomatci`, `diplomaticc`, `diplomattic`, `diplommatic`, `diplomtaic`, `dipolmatic`, `dipplomatic`, `dpilomatic`, `idplomatic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/diplomatic