hotspot

^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\

/^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“hotspot” is uncommon French (frequency #76,656 among 1,969 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,656
frequency rank, French
1,969
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Point d’accès à Internet sans fil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-hotspot · hotspot · French

hotspot · rank #76,656 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,656
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH huileuse

Nearest frequency peer: huileuse (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « hotspot »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « hotspot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hotspot
PropertyValue
Headwordhotspot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,656
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « hotspot » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).hotspottombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « huileuse » (#76,658), « Heyer » (#76,653), « Hennebont » (#76,652). Parmi 1,969 lemmes en « H », « hotspot » est au #76,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hotspot is uncommon French at frequency #76,656 among 1,969 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed ^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for hotspot in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is hotspot, spelled H-O-T-S-P-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Point d’accès à Internet sans fil.
  2. 2
    Zone déterminée d’une page Web, qui permet d’activer un lien hypertexte.
  3. 3
    Endroit à la surface d’une planète qui a une activité volcanique régulière.
  4. 4
    Zone géographique représentative de la biodiversité.
  5. 5
    Approche européenne améliorant le procédé servant à identifier, enregistrer et prendre les empreintes digitales des migrants arrivant.
  6. 6
    Lieu qui concentre une activité, un risque, un danger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis la mise en place du hotspot de Lampedusa le 9 octobre, un peu plus de 100 migrants sont partis d’Italie pour la Suède ou la Finlande, trente de Grèce.
  2. Mené à l’hôpital universitaire de Holbaek, au Danemark, l’essai clinique ciblait des adultes vivant à Korsor, une ville portuaire identifiée comme l’un des principaux « hotspots » de contamination identifiés en Europe.

This word in other languages

hotspot(English)

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 "hotspot"?
"hotspot" is spelled H-O-T-S-P-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\.
What does "hotspot" mean?
As a noun, "hotspot" means: Point d’accès à Internet sans fil.
How do you pronounce "hotspot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hotspot" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔt.spɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hotspot" come from?
"hotspot" 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 "hotspot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list