histoire que
\is.twaʁ kə\
The verdict
“histoire que” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pour que ; afin que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-histoire-que · histoire que · French
histoire que · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histoire que |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \is.twaʁ kə\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histoire que” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
histoire que is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \is.twaʁ kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pour que ; afin que.".
Zero misspellings are on record for histoire que in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is histoire que, spelled H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Pour que ; afin que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how histoire que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Histoire que vous sachiez que je suis homme de parole. — (Prosper Mérimée, Lettres à Mme de La Rochejacquelein, 1870, p. 200)
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