historia

/[isˈt̪oɾja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#172

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

historia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados. Pronounced [isˈt̪oɾja]. It ranks #172 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with history and historias.

Key facts for historia
PropertyValue
Headwordhistoria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[isˈt̪oɾja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#172
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of historia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for historia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for historia, with forms such as "hhistoria", "hisotria", and "hisstoria". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is historia, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, relato o narración que describe un subconjunto de sucesos pasados.
  3. 3
    Obra escrita o pictórica que contiene relatos de acontecimientos pasados.
  4. 4
    Disciplina que estudia la identificación y recapitulación de los acontecimientos pasados.
  5. 5
    En particular, la que versa de la historia₁ de la humanidad a partir de la invención de la escritura.
  6. 6
    Narración que pretende falaz o engañosamente dar cuenta de un evento.
  7. 7
    Situación complicada o enojosa.
  8. 8
    En una red social: Publicación breve, de persistencia limitada, que se muestra al usuario dentro de una secuencia automática que incluye a otras historias.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhistoria,hisotria,hisstoria,histoira,historai,historria,histroia,histtoria,hitsoria,hsitoria,ihstoria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for historia

Misspelling Variants of "historia"

hhistoria9hisotria8hisstoria9histoira8historai8historria9histroia8histtoria9
Misspelling Variants of "historia"

Frequency rank: #172 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "historia"?
"historia" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [isˈt̪oɾja].
What does "historia" mean?
As a noun, "historia" means: Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados.
What words are commonly confused with "historia"?
"historia" is commonly confused with "history", "historias", "histórico". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "historia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "historia" is [isˈt̪oɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "historia" come from?
"historia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.