data

/[ˈd̪at̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,695

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

data is aSpanishnoun. It means: Nota que indica el lugar y fecha en que algo acontece o se lleva a cabo, en particular como referencia en un documento. Pronounced [ˈd̪at̪a]. It ranks #3,695 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with día and day.

Key facts for data
PropertyValue
Headworddata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪at̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,695
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of data in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for data is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪at̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,695 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for data, with forms such as "adta", "daat", and "datta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "día", "day", "dea", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is data, spelled D-A-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nota que indica el lugar y fecha en que algo acontece o se lleva a cabo, en particular como referencia en un documento.
  2. 2
    Fecha, hora o tiempo en que tiene lugar un evento o acción.
  3. 3
    Compuerta o abertura por donde puede desviarse parte del agua de una represa o corriente.
  4. 4
    Anotación contable de una salida o descargo de lo que se ha recibido.
  5. 5
    Autorización o permiso escritos para ejecutar algo.
  6. 6
    Información.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adta,daat,datta,ddata,dtaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for data

Misspelling Variants of "data"

adta4daat4datta5ddata5dtaa4
Misspelling Variants of "data"

Frequency rank: #3,695 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "data"?
"data" is spelled D-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪at̪a].
What does "data" mean?
As a noun, "data" means: Nota que indica el lugar y fecha en que algo acontece o se lleva a cabo, en particular como referencia en un documento.
What words are commonly confused with "data"?
"data" is commonly confused with "día", "day", "dea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "data"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "data" is [ˈd̪at̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "data" come from?
"data" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.