# statistics

> English word · Noun · IPA /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ · frequency rank #2,503

## Definitions
1. A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.

## Etymology
From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”), compare English statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.

## Easily confused with
- **statistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statistic-vs-statistics)
- **statistical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/statistical-vs-statistics)

## Common misspellings (16)
`sattistics`, `sstatistics`, `staitstics`, `statisitcs`, `statisstics`, `statistcis`, `statisticcs`, `statisticss`, `statistisc`, `statisttics`, `statitsics`, `statsitics`, `stattistics`, `sttaistics`, `sttatistics`, `tsatistics`

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