historiques

\is.tɔ.ʁik\

/\is.tɔ.ʁik\/ adj

The verdict

“historiques” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,008. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,008
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de historique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-historiques · historiques · French

historiques · rank #3,008 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,008
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH habite

Nearest frequency peer: habite (-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 « historiques »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « historiques » 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).

historiques vs hystériques
82% similar
historiques vs historique
91% similar

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

Key facts for historiques
PropertyValue
Headwordhistoriques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\is.tɔ.ʁik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#3,008
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « historiques »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).historiquesse 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 « habite » (#3,007), « humaines » (#3,009), « grec » (#3,006). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « historiques » est au #3,008. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around historiques (IPA \is.tɔ.ʁik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,008 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de historique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for historiques, with forms such as "hhistoriques", "hisotriques", and "hisstoriques". 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, "hystériques", "historique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 historiques, spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de historique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je fus entraîné vers les sciences historiques, petites sciences conjecturales qui se défont sans cesse après s’être faites, et qu’on négligera dans cent ans. On voit poindre, en effet, un âge où l’homme n’attachera plus beaucoup d’intérêt à son passé. Je crains fort que nos écrits de précision de l’académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, destinés à d…
  2. Mais tandis qu’à Moscou je ne voyais se lever d’autres souvenirs historiques que de conquête napoléonienne, vain effort suivi tout aussitôt de désastre, à Leningrad maints édifices me rappellent ce qu’ont pu avoir de plus cordial et de plus fécondant les relations intellectuelles entre la Russie et la France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhistoriques
  • hisotriques
  • hisstoriques
  • histoirques
  • historiqeus
  • historiqques
  • historiquess
  • historiquse
  • historiuqes
  • historqiues
  • historriques
  • histroiques
  • histtoriques
  • hitsoriques
  • hsitoriques
  • ihstoriques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of historiques - 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.

hhistoriques1hisotriques2hisstoriques1histoirques2historiqeus2historiqques1historiquess1historiquse2
Edit distance from "historiques"

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 "historiques"?
"historiques" is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \is.tɔ.ʁik\.
What does "historiques" mean?
As an adjective, "historiques" means: Pluriel de historique.
What words are commonly confused with "historiques"?
"historiques" is commonly confused with "hystériques", "historique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "historiques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "historiques" 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 "historiques" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list