sciences humaines
\sjɑ̃s.z‿y.mɛn\
The verdict
“sciences humaines” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de disciplines qui étudient, de manière rationnelle et méthodique, les comportements, les créations, les structures sociales et les représentations humaines, individuelles ou collectives, ...
Corpus desk
Index FR-sciences-humaines · sciences humaines · French
sciences humaines · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sciences humaines |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sjɑ̃s.z‿y.mɛn\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sciences humaines » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sciences humaines is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sjɑ̃s.z‿y.mɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble de disciplines qui étudient, de manière rationnelle et méthodique, les comportements, les créations, les structures sociales et les représentations humaines, individuelles ou collectives, ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for sciences humaines in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sciences humaines, spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E-S- -H-U-M-A-I-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de disciplines qui étudient, de manière rationnelle et méthodique, les comportements, les créations, les structures sociales et les représentations humaines, individuelles ou collectives, dans le temps et l’espace. Elles se distinguent des sciences naturelles par leur objet d’étude centré sur l’humain et les sociétés, et emploient une diversité de méthodes qualitatives et quantitatives adaptées à la complexité de leurs objets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sciences humaines appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La faculté de sciences humaines de l’université.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.