historia

[isˈt̪oɾja]

/[isˈt̪oɾja]/ noun

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The verdict

“historia” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #172. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#172
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de los acontecimientos pasados.

Corpus desk

Index ES-historia · historia · Spanish

historia · rank #172 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #172
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH verdad

Nearest frequency peer: verdad (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “historia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “historia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

historia vs history
75% similar
historia vs historias
89% similar
historia vs histórico
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “historia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.historiacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “verdad” (#171), “mientras” (#173), “pues” (#170). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “historia” va en #172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around historia (IPA [isˈt̪oɾja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #172 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how historia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El respeto que siento por nuestro equipo y por lo que la gente de Sur Sudán ha sufrido es inconmensurable. Sus historias a menudo quedan a la sombra de las que llegan de Darfur, en el norte del país, o República Democrática del Congo, en el sur.
  2. Respetado por los círculos académicos en cualquier latitud, goza incluso de la simpatía de numerosos políticos ‘progresistas’. En 1995 se publicó su monumental obra ‘Historia del siglo XX’, de más de 600 páginas, y en la cual Hobsbawm analiza los hechos producidos en un ‘siglo corto’, cuya duración coincide grosso modo con la existencia del Estado surgido…

Synonyms

pasadoanalescrónicacuentoembustementiraenredolío

Antonyms

futuromañanaporvenir

This word in other languages

history(English)histoire(Français)Geschichte(Deutsch)história(Português)

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.

hhistoria1hisotria2hisstoria1histoira2historai2historria1histroia2histtoria1
Edit distance from "historia"

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.

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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "historia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mientras#173nacional#165entonces#185gobierno#132

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

sistema11 variantstrabajo11 variantsgracias11 variantspolítica11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list