hot chocolate
\ˌhɑt ˈtʃɑk.lɪt\
The verdict
“hot chocolate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chocolat chaud.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hot chocolate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌhɑt ˈtʃɑk.lɪt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hot chocolate” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hot chocolate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌhɑt ˈtʃɑk.lɪt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chocolat chaud.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hot chocolate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct French form is hot chocolate, spelled H-O-T- -C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Chocolat chaud.
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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Using “hot chocolate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is H-O-T- -C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˌhɑt ˈtʃɑk.lɪt\ (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.