# hot

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɒt/ · frequency rank #711

## Definitions
1. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
2. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
3. Relating to heat and conditions which produce it.
4. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
5. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
6. Active, in use or ready for use (like a bullet or a firing range), turned on (like a microphone or camera).
7. Relating to excited emotions.
8. Relating to excited emotions.
9. Relating to excited emotions.
10. Relating to excited emotions.
11. Relating to excited emotions.
12. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
13. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
14. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
15. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
16. Relating to popularity, quality, or the state of being interesting.
17. Relating to danger or risk.
18. Relating to danger or risk.
19. Relating to danger or risk.
20. Relating to danger or risk.
21. Relating to danger or risk.
22. Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
23. Spicy, pungent, piquant, as some chilis and other spices are.
24. Loud, producing a strong electric signal for the amplifier or other sound equipment.
25. Used to emphasize the short duration or small quantity of something
26. Extremely fast or with great speed.

## Etymology
From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”).
Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).

## Easily confused with
- **HR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hr)
- **HP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hp)
- **HQ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hq)
- **Hu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hu)
- **hv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hv)
- **how** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-how)
- **huh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-huh)
- **hug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hug)
- **hub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hub)
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hut)
- **hum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hum)
- **hue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hue)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hun)
- **HUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hud)
- **hwy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hwy)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hua)
- **hye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hye)
- **hui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hui)
- **HPV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hpv)
- **Hou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hot-vs-hou)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hot