Which to use
“histoire” and “histoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #186
- “histoire” frequency rank
- #1,919
- “histoires” frequency rank
- 2105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | histoire | histoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récit d’actions, d’événements, de choses dignes de mémoire. | Pluriel de histoire. |
Same sound, different letters: histoire vs histoires
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: histoire vs histoires
This is the hard kind. histoire and histoires are pronounced identically (^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “histoire” sits inside “histoires”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
histoire is recorded at frequency rank #186, classified as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\. histoires is at rank #1,919, tagged as anoun, pronounced ^((h muet))\is.twaʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 2105, this pair ranks #436,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of histoire vs histoires
Shared letters: ehiorst. Private to "histoire": -. Private to "histoires": -.
"histoire" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "histoires" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "histoire" and "histoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "histoire" or "histoires"?
What to do next
"histoire" and "histoires" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "histoire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "histoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "histoire" and "histoires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "histoire vs history". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #436,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.