# HIV vs hot

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### HIV
*abbrev · IPA [ˌhaːʔiːˈfaʊ̯] · frequency rank #10,490*
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, zu deutsch Menschliches Immun-Schwäche-Virus

### 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/hiv-vs-hot