# informatics

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/ · frequency rank #27,881

## Definitions
1. Synonym of computer science.
2. A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.

## Etymology
Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic.
German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.

## Easily confused with
- **information** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/informatics-vs-information)
- **informative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/informatics-vs-informative)
- **informations** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/informatics-vs-informations)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ifnormatics`, `infformatics`, `infomratics`, `inforamtics`, `informaitcs`, `informatcis`, `informaticcs`, `informaticss`, `informatisc`, `informattics`, `informmatics`, `informtaics`, `inforrmatics`, `infromatics`, `innformatics`, `inofrmatics`, `niformatics`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/informatics