histo
noun
histo is spelled H-I-S-T-O: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, histo means “Clipping of Histoplasma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in histo?
| Letters | 5: H-I-S-T-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is histo?
Histo appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with histo?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as histo.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hoist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of histo
- hist-
- histio-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does histo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalClipping of Histoplasma.
- 2
informalClipping of histoplasmosis.
- 3
informalClipping of history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does histo come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós, “web, tissue”). Unrelated to English history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).