heiß
\haɪ̯s\
The verdict
“heiß” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brûlant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hei · heiß · French
heiß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | heiß |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \haɪ̯s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « heiß » en français
Rare enough to double-check
heiß is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \haɪ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for heiß, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is heiß, spelled H-E-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1Brûlant.
- 2Très chaud.
- 3Torride.
- 4Chaud(e), sexuellement excité.
- 5torride, qui attise la concupiscence ; qui y provoque.
- 6Brûlant : critique, pour un thème.
- 7Chaud : radioactif, contaminé, exposé à la radioactivité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heiß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pass auf, das ist heiß!
Warum weint das kleine Kind? — Es weint, weil es sich am heißen Grill verbrannt hat.
Antonyms
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.