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How to spell hot

hear ithot/hɑt/adjectiveStarter

What it means: Producing a burning sensation.

In a sentence: The sun is very hot today.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as hott or haut.

Same family: hotter, hottest, heat, heated, spicy. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Hot comes from Old English 'hat', meaning ‘having a high temperature or burning’, and is related to the word ‘heat’. Over time, English speakers also began using hot to describe spicy foods that feel like they are burning your mouth.

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