dataset
noun
dataset is a noun meaning “Alternative form of data set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-A-T-A-S-E-T and has 3 syllables, and it appears 1.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of dataset is datasets.
What does dataset mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative form of data set.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce dataset?
Dataset has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dataset
- datasets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is dataset?
Dataset appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with dataset
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: data set (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).