# historian vs historians

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### historian
*noun · IPA /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ · frequency rank #8,298*
A writer of history.

### historians
*noun · IPA /hɪˈstɔːɹɪənz/ · frequency rank #9,345*
plural of historian

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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