diplomatie

\di.plɔ.ma.si\

/\di.plɔ.ma.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“diplomatie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,096
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Connaissance des traditions qui règlent les rapports mutuels des États, art de concilier leurs intérêts respectifs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diplomatie · diplomatie · French

diplomatie · rank #8,096 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,096
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendants

Nearest frequency peer: descendants (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « diplomatie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « diplomatie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

diplomatie vs diplomatique
83% similar
diplomatie vs diplomate
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for diplomatie
PropertyValue
Headworddiplomatie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.plɔ.ma.si\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,096
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diplomatie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diplomatiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « descendants » (#8,095), « diront » (#8,097), « dense » (#8,094). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diplomatie » est au #8,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around diplomatie (IPA \di.plɔ.ma.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,096 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for diplomatie, with forms such as "ddiplomatie", "dilpomatie", and "dipllomatie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "diplomatique", "diplomate", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is diplomatie, spelled D-I-P-L-O-M-A-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Connaissance des traditions qui règlent les rapports mutuels des États, art de concilier leurs intérêts respectifs.
  2. 2
    Ces rapports mêmes.
  3. 3
    Carrière diplomatique.
  4. 4
    Tact, prudence.
  5. 5
    Adresse, ruse, habileté.
  6. 6
    Étude des chartes, diplômes et autres documents officiels. Elle s’intéresse à leur classification, leur valeur, leur âge et leur authenticité. Elle est souvent considérée, avec la paléographie ou l’archivistique, comme une discipline auxiliaire de l’histoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how diplomatie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Demandez à la diplomatie si le plus beau de tous les succès n’est pas le triomphe de la ruse sur la force ?
  2. Non seulement il invita ses concitoyens à déposer leurs ressentiments et leurs griefs sur l'autel de la patrie, mais il demanda encore que le bienfait de cette pacification fût étendu aux autres peuples, et que la France, introduisant parmi les nations une nouvelle diplomatie, jetât les fondements d'une alliance universelle.

This word in other languages

diplomacy(English)diplomacia(Español)Diplomatie(Deutsch)diplomacia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiplomatie
  • dilpomatie
  • dipllomatie
  • diplmoatie
  • diploamtie
  • diplomaite
  • diplomatei
  • diplomattie
  • diplommatie
  • diplomtaie
  • dipolmatie
  • dipplomatie
  • dpilomatie
  • idplomatie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diplomatie - 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.

ddiplomatie1dilpomatie2dipllomatie1diplmoatie2diploamtie2diplomaite2diplomatei2diplomattie1
Edit distance from "diplomatie"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diplomatie"?
"diplomatie" is spelled D-I-P-L-O-M-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.plɔ.ma.si\.
What does "diplomatie" mean?
As a noun, "diplomatie" means: Connaissance des traditions qui règlent les rapports mutuels des États, art de concilier leurs intérêts respectifs.
What words are commonly confused with "diplomatie"?
"diplomatie" is commonly confused with "diplomatique", "diplomate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diplomatie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diplomatie" is \di.plɔ.ma.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diplomatie" come from?
"diplomatie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diplomatie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croissante#8,091déterminée#8,104concernées#8,085entretient#8,108

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

déménager14 variantsdésespoir14 variantsentrepris14 variantscharmante14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list