história

//iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#183

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

história is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estudo dos acontecimentos passados Pronounced /iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/. It ranks #183 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with history and histórico.

Key facts for história
PropertyValue
Headwordhistória
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#183
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of história in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for história is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #183 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for história, with forms such as "hhistória", "hisstória", and "histróia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "history", "histórico", "historial", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is história, spelled H-I-S-T-Ó-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estudo dos acontecimentos passados
  2. 2
    natural sucessão desses mesmos acontecimentos
  3. 3
    narrativa; conto; descrição
  4. 4
    biografia
  5. 5
    menstruação

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhistória,hisstória,histróia,histtória,históira,histórai,histórria,hisótria,hitsória,hsitória,ihstória

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for história

Misspelling Variants of "história"

hhistória9hisstória9histróia8histtória9históira8histórai8histórria9hisótria8
Misspelling Variants of "história"

Frequency rank: #183 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "história"?
"história" is spelled H-I-S-T-Ó-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/.
What does "história" mean?
As a noun, "história" means: estudo dos acontecimentos passados
What words are commonly confused with "história"?
"história" is commonly confused with "history", "histórico", "historial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "história"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "história" is /iʃ.ˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "história" come from?
"história" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.