histoire des idées
\is.twaʁ de.z‿i.de\
The verdict
“histoire des idées” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Étude de l’évolution, de la circulation et des transformations des idées et des doctrines dans leur contexte intellectuel, social et culturel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histoire des idées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \is.twaʁ de.z‿i.de\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histoire des idées” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histoire des idées is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.twaʁ de.z‿i.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étude de l’évolution, de la circulation et des transformations des idées et des doctrines dans leur contexte intellectuel, social et culturel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for histoire des idées in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 histoire des idées, spelled H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -I-D-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Étude de l’évolution, de la circulation et des transformations des idées et des doctrines dans leur contexte intellectuel, social et culturel.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “histoire des idées”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E- -D-E-S- -I-D-É-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \is.twaʁ de.z‿i.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.