# heat vs hot

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### heat
*noun · IPA [hiːt] · frequency rank #22,753*
Wärme

### hot
*adjective · IPA [hɒt] · frequency rank #5,185*
von sehr hoher Temperatur, heiß

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/heat-vs-hot