data science
"data-science" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“data science” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.
Corpus desk
Index EN-data-science · data science · English
data science · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | data science |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “data science” in English
Rare enough to double-check
data science is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for data science in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Popularized by DJ Patil and Jeff Hammerbacher, 2000s. The correct English form is data science, spelled D-A-T-A- -S-C-I-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how data science appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Starting in 2008, Jeff Hammerbacher (@hackingdata) and I sat down to share our experiences building the data and analytics groups at Facebook and LinkedIn. In many ways, that meeting was the start of data science as a distinct professional specialization (see What Makes a Data Scientist? for the story on how we came up with the title “Data Scientist”). Si…
Etymology
Popularized by DJ Patil and Jeff Hammerbacher, 2000s.
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.