historique

\is.tɔ.ʁik\

/\is.tɔ.ʁik\/ adj

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The verdict

“historique” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,115
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’histoire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-historique · historique · French

historique · rank #1,115 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,115
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH généralement

Nearest frequency peer: généralement (-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 « historique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « historique » 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).

historique vs hystérique
80% similar
historique vs historiques
91% similar

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

Key facts for historique
PropertyValue
Headwordhistorique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\is.tɔ.ʁik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,115
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « historique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).historiquese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « généralement » (#1,114), « industrie » (#1,116), « garder » (#1,113). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « historique » est au #1,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around historique (IPA \is.tɔ.ʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,115 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for historique, with forms such as "hhistorique", "hisotrique", and "hisstorique". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hystérique", "historiques", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is historique, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’histoire.
  2. 2
    Qualifiait le nom d’un personnage qui avait quelque célébrité dans l’histoire.
  3. 3
    Dont le sujet est tiré de l’histoire.
  4. 4
    Réel : se dit d’actions, d’événements qui ne sont pas imaginaires, de faits qui ont réellement eu lieu.
  5. 5
    Qualifie ce qui marque l'Histoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quoiqu’il en soit, il est certain que l’emploi du fer se perd dans la nuit des temps historiques.
  2. Marx comparait le changement d’ère historique à une succession civile ; les temps nouveaux héritent des acquisitions antérieures.

This word in other languages

historical(English)histórico(Español)historisch(Deutsch)histórico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhistorique
  • hisotrique
  • hisstorique
  • histoirque
  • historiqeu
  • historiqque
  • historiuqe
  • historqiue
  • historrique
  • histroique
  • histtorique
  • hitsorique
  • hsitorique
  • ihstorique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of historique - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

hhistorique1hisotrique2hisstorique1histoirque2historiqeu2historiqque1historiuqe2historqiue2
Edit distance from "historique"

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 "historique"?
"historique" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \is.tɔ.ʁik\.
What does "historique" mean?
As an adjective, "historique" means: Relatif à l’histoire.
What words are commonly confused with "historique"?
"historique" is commonly confused with "hystérique", "historiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "historique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "historique" is \is.tɔ.ʁik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "historique" come from?
"historique" 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 "historique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

protection#1,095absolument#1,083traitement#1,151différence#1,060

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

application14 variantsaméricaine14 variantsministère14 variantsélections14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list