historiographe

\is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\

/\is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\/ noun

The verdict

“historiographe” is uncommon French (frequency #59,342 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,342
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Historien ou historienne, personne qui écrit l’histoire du temps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-historiographe · historiographe · French

historiographe · rank #59,342 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,342
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH Histologie

Nearest frequency peer: Histologie (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « historiographe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « historiographe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for historiographe
PropertyValue
Headwordhistoriographe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\
Letters14
Frequency rank#59,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « historiographe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).historiographetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Histologie » (#59,341), « hirsute » (#59,340), « hocha » (#59,344). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « historiographe » est au #59,342. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

historiographe is uncommon French at frequency #59,342 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Historien ou historienne, personne qui écrit l’histoire du temps.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for historiographe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is historiographe, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Historien ou historienne, personne qui écrit l’histoire du temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bien ! ma fille, dit M. Necker, très bien, et la république vous doit un brevet d’historiographe.
  2. Mais la méthode historique doit être implacable, car elle ne saurait être arrêtée ou limitée par aucun tabou. De plus, le véritable historien est curieux par nature ; il y a en lui un peu du juge d’instruction. Et, déformation professionnelle, tout silence lui est suspect, car c’est là un refus de répondre. Dès lors ce refus dissimule quelque chose de trè…

This word in other languages

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 "historiographe"?
"historiographe" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\.
What does "historiographe" mean?
As a noun, "historiographe" means: Historien ou historienne, personne qui écrit l’histoire du temps.
How do you pronounce "historiographe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "historiographe" is \is.tɔ.ʁjɔ.ɡʁaf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list