hotchpotch
/ˈhɒt͡ʃpɒt͡ʃ/
"hotchpotch" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hotchpotch” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hotchpotch · hotchpotch · English
hotchpotch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hotchpotch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒt͡ʃpɒt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hotchpotch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hotchpotch is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɒt͡ʃpɒt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
hotchpotch has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot. The correct English form is hotchpotch, spelled H-O-T-C-H-P-O-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.
- 2A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.
- 3Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”).
- 4Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hotchpotch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes.
The railways in Wales are a bizarre hotchpotch of lines which, remarkably, do not even allow for a journey between the lines in the south and those in the north without venturing across the border into England.
Etymology
From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot.
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.