hotte

[ɔt]

/[ɔt]/ noun

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The verdict

“hotte” is uncommon German (frequency #93,074 among 59,066 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,074
frequency rank, German
59,066
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - hohes aus Weiden geflochtenes, korbähnliches oder auch hölzernes Gefäß, das auf dem Rücken getragen wird, vergleichbar mit einem Rucksack.

Key facts for hotte
PropertyValue
Headwordhotte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#93,074
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hotte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hotte lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hotte is uncommon German at frequency #93,074 among 59,066 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hotte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hotte, spelled H-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    hohes aus Weiden geflochtenes, korbähnliches oder auch hölzernes Gefäß, das auf dem Rücken getragen wird, vergleichbar mit einem Rucksack.
  2. 2
    Rauchfang
  3. 3
    technische Vorrichtung, die Kochdünste aus der Küche über dem Herd oder über einem Grill abzieht und nach außen leitet

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hotte"?
"hotte" is spelled H-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔt].
What does "hotte" mean?
As a noun, "hotte" means: hohes aus Weiden geflochtenes, korbähnliches oder auch hölzernes Gefäß, das auf dem Rücken getragen wird, vergleichbar mit einem Rucksack.
How do you pronounce "hotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hotte" is [ɔt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hotte" come from?
"hotte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “hotte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is H-O-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɔt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list