hotline

^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\/ noun

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The verdict

“hotline” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,835. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,835
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Service d’assistance téléphonique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hotline · hotline · French

hotline · rank #39,835 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,835
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH houleux

Nearest frequency peer: houleux (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « hotline »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « hotline » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hotline
PropertyValue
Headwordhotline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,835
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « hotline »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hotlinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « houleux » (#39,836), « Honolulu » (#39,833), « huh » (#39,838). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hotline » est au #39,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around hotline (IPA ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,835 among 1,969 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Service d’assistance téléphonique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hotline, with forms such as "hhotline", "holtine", and "hotilne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented 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 hotline, spelled H-O-T-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Service d’assistance téléphonique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hotline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Avec sa hotline, son approche consulting et sa solution traçabilité, le prestataire informatique va plus loin dans le service client.

This word in other languages

hotline(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhotline
  • holtine
  • hotilne
  • hotlien
  • hotlinne
  • hotlline
  • hotlnie
  • hottline
  • htoline
  • ohtline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hotline - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

hhotline1holtine2hotilne2hotlien2hotlinne1hotlline1hotlnie2hottline1
Edit distance from "hotline"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hotline"?
"hotline" is spelled H-O-T-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\.
What does "hotline" mean?
As a noun, "hotline" means: Service d’assistance téléphonique.
What are common misspellings of "hotline"?
Common misspellings include "hhotline", "holtine", "hotilne", "hotlien", "hotlinne". The correct spelling is "hotline".
How do you pronounce "hotline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hotline" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tlajn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hotline" come from?
"hotline" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hotline", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

houleux#39,836harbour#39,828gouache#39,819Gonesse#39,817

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

garance10 variantsfarfelu10 variantsluzerne10 variantsMadelin10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list