hothouse
noun, verb
hothouse is spelled H-O-T-H-O-U-S-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hothouse means “A heated greenhouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hothouse is hothouses.
How many letters and syllables are in hothouse?
| Letters | 8: H-O-T-H-O-U-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hothouse?
Hothouse appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hothouse?
Hothouse has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with hothouse
Also written: hot-house (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hothouse
- hothouses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hot-house
- hothousing participle, present
- hothoused participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hothouse mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A heated greenhouse.
- 2
An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.
- 3
An environment full of conflict or plots.
- 4
obsoleteA bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
- 5
A heated room for drying greenware.
- 6
A hot state in global climate.
verb
- 1
To provide (a child) with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hothouse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Treibhaus, Gewächshaus, Glashaus, Tepidarium, Warmhaus |
| French | vivier |
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 hothouse come from?
From Middle English hothous, equivalent to hot + house.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).