historia
[isˈt̪oɾja]
The verdict
“historia” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #172 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #172
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | historia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [isˈt̪oɾja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “historia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for historia is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [isˈt̪oɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #172 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for historia, with forms such as "hhistoria", "hisotria", and "hisstoria". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "history", "historias", "histórico", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is historia, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados.
- 2Por extensión, relato o narración que describe un subconjunto de sucesos pasados.
- 3Obra escrita o pictórica que contiene relatos de acontecimientos pasados.
- 4Disciplina que estudia la identificación y recapitulación de los acontecimientos pasados.
- 5En particular, la que versa de la historia₁ de la humanidad a partir de la invención de la escritura.
- 6Narración que pretende falaz o engañosamente dar cuenta de un evento.
- 7Situación complicada o enojosa.
- 8En una red social: Publicación breve, de persistencia limitada, que se muestra al usuario dentro de una secuencia automática que incluye a otras historias.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhistoria,hisotria,hisstoria,histoira,historai,historria,histroia,histtoria,hitsoria,hsitoria,ihstoria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of historia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “historia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [isˈt̪oɾja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “history” - see the side-by-side comparison. historia vs history
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.