histoire

^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\

/^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“histoire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#186
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récit d’actions, d’événements, de choses dignes de mémoire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-histoire · histoire · French

histoire · rank #186 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #186
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vers

Nearest frequency peer: vers (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « histoire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « histoire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

histoire vs history
75% similar
histoire vs histoires
89% similar

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

Key facts for histoire
PropertyValue
Headwordhistoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#186
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « histoire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.histoirese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vers » (#185), « mort » (#187), « mois » (#184). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « histoire » est au #186. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around histoire (IPA ^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #186 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 13 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for histoire, with forms such as "hhistoire", "hisotire", and "hisstoire". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "history", "histoires", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is histoire, spelled H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récit d’actions, d’événements, de choses dignes de mémoire.
  2. 2
    Suite des états par lesquels sont passés un ou plusieurs peuples.
  3. 3
    Traces et mémoires laissées par le passé chez un peuple ou un groupe.
  4. 4
    Science humaine qui étudie le passé de l’humanité, son évolution. Connaissance des faits que rapportent les historiens. On l’emploie souvent par une sorte de personnification, et s’écrit alors Histoire.
  5. 5
    Récit quelconque d’actions, d’événements, de circonstances qui offrent plus ou moins d’intérêt.
  6. 6
    Étude chronologique d’une science ou d’un fait social particulier.
  7. 7
    Description des choses naturelles, comme bêtes, plantes, minéraux, etc.
  8. 8
    Récit, aventure, conte.
  9. 9
    Mésaventure.
  10. 10
    Aventure amoureuse.
  11. 11
    Mensonge, fable, affabulation.
  12. 12
    Sujet.
  13. 13
    Exagération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abandonné petitement […], le général André se courba sous l’orage. Il disparut. L’histoire sera-t-elle juste à son endroit ? Je la sais si souvent façonnée par les réacteurs que je suis en méfiance.
  2. Tout se tient dans l’histoire, et l'on ne peut s’arrêter en chemin; il faut suivre le mouvement et le flot des âges, il faut aborder avec eux.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhistoire
  • hisotire
  • hisstoire
  • histiore
  • histoier
  • histoirre
  • historie
  • histtoire
  • hitsoire
  • hsitoire
  • ihstoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of histoire - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhistoire1hisotire2hisstoire1histiore2histoier2histoirre1historie2histtoire1
Edit distance from "histoire"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "histoire"?
"histoire" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\.
What does "histoire" mean?
As a noun, "histoire" means: Récit d’actions, d’événements, de choses dignes de mémoire.
What words are commonly confused with "histoire"?
"histoire" is commonly confused with "history", "histoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "histoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "histoire" is ^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "histoire" come from?
"histoire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list