# histone

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhɪstəʊn/ · frequency rank #41,176

## Definitions
1. Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.

## Etymology
Borrowed from German Histon, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) or ἱστός (histós, “loom”).

## Easily confused with
- **history** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/histone-vs-history)
- **Hilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-histone)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-histone)
- **Hinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-histone)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hhistone`, `hisotne`, `hisstone`, `histnoe`, `histoen`, `histonne`, `histtone`, `hitsone`, `hsitone`, `ihstone`

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