hot pot
noun
hot pot is spelled H-O-T-P-O-T: 6 letters. As a noun, hot pot means “A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hot pot is hot pots or hot-pots.
How many letters and syllables are in hot pot?
| Letters | 6: H-O-T-P-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hot pot?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-hotpot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hot pot
Also written: hotpot (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hot pot
- hot pots plural
- hotpot
- hot-pot
- hot-pots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hot pot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.
- 2
A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.
- 3
A jacuzzi or hot tub.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of hot pot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hot pot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fondue avec bouillon , fondue chinoise |
| German | Auflauf , Feuertopf, Hotpot, chinesisches Fondue |
| Spanish | fondue con el caldo , olla caliente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hot pot come from?
Surface analysis hot + pot. For sense of stewed meat and potatoes, compare French pot-au-feu. For the sense of a communal meal cooked at the table, Calque of Chinese 火鍋 /火锅.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).