boiling hot
"boiling-hot" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boiling hot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boiling-hot · boiling hot · English
boiling hot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boiling hot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “boiling hot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
boiling hot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for boiling hot, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is boiling hot, spelled B-O-I-L-I-N-G- -H-O-T.
Definition
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.
- 2Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boiling hot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot
Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.