# historic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɪˈstɒɹɪk/ · frequency rank #3,064

## Definitions
1. Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
2. Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
3. Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
4. Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.

## Etymology
From Latin historicus (“historical”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός (historikós, “exact; historical”). Cognate with French historique. By surface analysis, history + -ic.

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`hhistoric`, `hisotric`, `hisstoric`, `histoirc`, `historci`, `historicc`, `historric`, `histroic`, `histtoric`, `hitsoric`, `hsitoric`, `ihstoric`

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