have the hots for

\hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\

/\hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\/ verb

The verdict

“have the hots for” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être attiré (sexuellement ou romantiquement) par (quelqu’un).

Key facts for have the hots for
PropertyValue
Headwordhave the hots for
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “have the hots for” sits in French frequency

have the hots for falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for have the hots for is 17 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Être attiré (sexuellement ou romantiquement) par (quelqu’un).".

No misspelling variants are generated for have the hots for in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is have the hots for, spelled H-A-V-E- -T-H-E- -H-O-T-S- -F-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être attiré (sexuellement ou romantiquement) par (quelqu’un).

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "have the hots for"?
"have the hots for" is spelled H-A-V-E- -T-H-E- -H-O-T-S- -F-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\.
What does "have the hots for" mean?
As a verb, "have the hots for" means: Être attiré (sexuellement ou romantiquement) par (quelqu’un).
How do you pronounce "have the hots for"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "have the hots for" is \hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “have the hots for”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is H-A-V-E- -T-H-E- -H-O-T-S- -F-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \hæv ðə hɒts fɔː(ɹ)\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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