# historical

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/ · frequency rank #2,073

## Definitions
1. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
2. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
3. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
4. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
5. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
6. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
7. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
8. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
9. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
10. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
11. Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically"

## Etymology
From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical.

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

## Common misspellings (15)
`hhistorical`, `hisotrical`, `hisstorical`, `histoircal`, `historcial`, `historiacl`, `historicall`, `historiccal`, `historicla`, `historrical`, `histroical`, `histtorical`, `hitsorical`, `hsitorical`, `ihstorical`

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