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“hots” and “hunts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,029
“hots” frequency rank
#18,340
“hunts” frequency rank
55369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hots hunts
Definition A condition of physical attraction toward (for) someone. plural of hunt

Letter map: hots vs hunts

Shared letters muted; letters that set hots and hunts apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hots runs 4 letters (CVCC) against hunts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
hots
5 ch
hunts

Spelling & dictionary notes on hots vs hunts

hots and hunts are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hots is recorded at frequency rank #37,029, classified as anoun. hunts is at rank #18,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced /hʌnts/.

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 55369, this pair ranks #134,123 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of hots vs hunts

Shared letters: hst. Private to "hots": o. Private to "hunts": nu.

"hots" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hunts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hots ← hhots · hotts · htos · ohts
  • hunts ← hhunts · hnuts · hunnts · hunst · huntss · huntts · hutns · uhnts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "hots" and "hunts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hots" vs "hunts" - which ranks higher?
"hunts" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,340 in our English list, against #37,029 for "hots". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "hots" and "hunts". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hots" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hunts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,123 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hots" and "hunts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hots". 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 #134,123 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list