histogramme
\is.tɔ.ɡʁam\
The verdict
“histogramme” is uncommon French (frequency #74,060 among 109,908 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,060
- frequency rank, French
- 109,908
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diagramme représentant une série de fréquences statistiques d’un phénomène donné par des rectangles juxtaposés à base constante et dont la hauteur est proportionnelle à la quantité exprimée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histogramme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \is.tɔ.ɡʁam\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histogramme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histogramme is uncommon French at frequency #74,060 among 109,908 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.tɔ.ɡʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diagramme représentant une série de fréquences statistiques d’un phénomène donné par des rectangles juxtaposés à base constante et dont la hauteur est proportionnelle à la quantité exprimée.".
histogramme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 French form is histogramme, spelled H-I-S-T-O-G-R-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Diagramme représentant une série de fréquences statistiques d’un phénomène donné par des rectangles juxtaposés à base constante et dont la hauteur est proportionnelle à la quantité exprimée.
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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “histogramme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-I-S-T-O-G-R-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \is.tɔ.ɡʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.