# historian

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ · frequency rank #8,298

## Definitions
1. A writer of history.
2. One who studies or researches history.
3. One who recounts their own medical history.

## Etymology
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to history + -ian. More at history.

## Easily confused with
- **historic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/historian-vs-historic)
- **historical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/historian-vs-historical)
- **historians** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/historian-vs-historians)

## Common misspellings (13)
`hhistorian`, `hisotrian`, `hisstorian`, `histoiran`, `historain`, `historiann`, `historina`, `historrian`, `histroian`, `histtorian`, `hitsorian`, `hsitorian`, `ihstorian`

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