# hotbed

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,260

## Definitions
1. A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.
2. An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
3. An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

## Etymology
From hot + bed.

## Easily confused with
- **hotel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotbed-vs-hotel)
- **housed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotbed-vs-housed)
- **hotter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotbed-vs-hotter)
- **hoped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoped-vs-hotbed)
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hated-vs-hotbed)
- **holed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holed-vs-hotbed)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honed-vs-hotbed)
- **hosted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hosted-vs-hotbed)
- **hatred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatred-vs-hotbed)
- **hooked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooked-vs-hotbed)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hooded-vs-hotbed)
- **Hobbes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbes-vs-hotbed)
- **horned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horned-vs-hotbed)
- **hobbled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobbled-vs-hotbed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhotbed`, `hobted`, `hotbbed`, `hotbde`, `hotbedd`, `hotebd`, `hottbed`, `htobed`, `ohtbed`

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