data centre
"data-centre" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“data centre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | data centre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “data centre” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
data centre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.".
data centre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 data centre, spelled D-A-T-A- -C-E-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1A facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “data centre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-A-T-A- -C-E-N-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.