hot-dog
^((h aspiré))\ɔt.dɔɡ\
The verdict
“hot-dog” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sandwich composé d’une saucisse placée dans un pain coupé en deux, appelé pain à hot-dog, souvent mangé avec du ketchup, de la moutarde, de la mayonnaise ou de la relish.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hot-dog · hot-dog · French
hot-dog · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | hot-dog |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | ^((h aspiré))\ɔt.dɔɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hot-dog is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔt.dɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sandwich composé d’une saucisse placée dans un pain coupé en deux, appelé pain à hot-dog, souvent mangé avec du ketchup, de la moutarde, de la mayonnaise ou de la relish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hot-dog in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is hot-dog, spelled H-O-T---D-O-G.
Definition
- 1Sandwich composé d’une saucisse placée dans un pain coupé en deux, appelé pain à hot-dog, souvent mangé avec du ketchup, de la moutarde, de la mayonnaise ou de la relish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hot-dog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Devant le théâtre j’achète et je goûte un hot-dog (petit pain au lait garni à l’intérieur d’une saucisse chaude et de moutarde). Conquis, j’en achète un véritable stock que je dévore, pendant la répétition, devant les musiciens amusés.
Au début, Marie-Jeanne fera la cuisine ; rien que des grillades et des hot-dogs. — Des hot-dogs ? — Des petites saucisses. — Pourquoi ne parles-tu pas français ?
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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.