# hotness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,261

## Definitions
1. The condition of being hot.

## Etymology
From Middle English hotnes, from Old English hātnes (“hotness, heat”), equivalent to hot + -ness.

## Easily confused with
- **hottest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hotness-vs-hottest)
- **honest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/honest-vs-hotness)
- **harness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harness-vs-hotness)
- **hostess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hostess-vs-hotness)
- **holiness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holiness-vs-hotness)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhotness`, `hontess`, `hotenss`, `hotnes`, `hotnness`, `hotnses`, `hottness`, `htoness`, `ohtness`

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