hotte

/^((h aspiré))\ɔt\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,336

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hotte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos. Pronounced ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\. Often confused with HTTP and Howe.

Key facts for hotte
PropertyValue
Headwordhotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA^((h aspiré))\ɔt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,336
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hotte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hotte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,336 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for hotte, with forms such as "hhotte", "hotet", and "htote". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "HTTP", "Howe", "house", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is hotte, spelled H-O-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos.
  2. 2
    Appareil électromécanique servant à aspirer les vapeurs de cuisson dans une cuisine (voir hotte aspirante).
  3. 3
    Partie inférieure et évasée d’une cheminée, qui recouvre une forge, un fourneau de laboratoire ou de cuisine, et qui doit faciliter l’élévation des vapeurs qui s’en échappent.
  4. 4
    Coffrage du conduit de fumée en forme de cône situé au dessus de l'âtre d'une cheminée.
  5. 5
    Cuvette recevant les eaux des cuisines et des combles.
  6. 6
    Louchet d’un instrument à draguer.
  7. 7
    Petit tombereau servant à porter le fumier sur les terres.
  8. 8
    Panier d'osier servant à la cueillette des fruits sauvages.
  9. 9
    Panier dans lequel on met le bois à brûler.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhotte,hotet,htote,ohtte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hotte

Misspelling Variants of "hotte"

hhotte6hotet5htote5ohtte5
Misspelling Variants of "hotte"

Frequency rank: #39,336 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hotte"?
"hotte" is spelled H-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\.
What does "hotte" mean?
As a noun, "hotte" means: Sorte de panier, ouvrage du vannier, qui a des bretelles et qu’on porte sur le dos.
What words are commonly confused with "hotte"?
"hotte" is commonly confused with "HTTP", "Howe", "house". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hotte" is ^((h aspiré))\ɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hotte" come from?
"hotte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.