Datta
"datta" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Datta” is uncommon English (frequency #57,967 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,967
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Bengali.
Corpus desk
Index EN-datta · Datta · English
Datta · rank #57,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,967
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Danby
Nearest frequency peer: Danby (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Datta”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crier
crier
42,040 corpus weight
- cringeworthy
cringeworthy
42,039 corpus weight
- Danby
Danby
42,035 corpus weight
- Datta
Datta
42,034 corpus weight
- dau
dau
42,033 corpus weight
- Demeter
Demeter
42,028 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Datta” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Datta |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #57,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Datta” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Datta is uncommon English at frequency #57,967 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Bengali.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Datta, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”). The correct English form is Datta, spelled D-A-T-T-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Bengali.
Etymology
Borrowed from Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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