Hangar
[ˈhaŋɡaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Hangar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,381
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große, überdachte Halle, meistens aus Metall oder Holz, die zum Unterbringen, Warten und Reparieren von Luftfahrzeugen (vornehmlich Luftschiffe, Flugzeuge, Raumfähren) dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-hangar · Hangar · German
Hangar · rank #36,381 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,381
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH hana
Nearest frequency peer: hana (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Hangar“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Gérard
Gérard
63,624 corpus weight
- hana
hana
63,621 corpus weight
- Hangar
Hangar
63,620 corpus weight
- hannoversche
hannoversche
63,619 corpus weight
- har
har
63,618 corpus weight
- heiteren
heiteren
63,616 corpus weight
What this shows „Hangar“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hangar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhaŋɡaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,381 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hangar“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hangar (IPA [ˈhaŋɡaːɐ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,381 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "große, überdachte Halle, meistens aus Metall oder Holz, die zum Unterbringen, Warten und Reparieren von Luftfahrzeugen (vornehmlich Luftschiffe, Flugzeuge, Raumfähren) dient".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hangar, with forms such as "ahngar", "hagnar", and "hanagr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "hängt", "hänge", "hängen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Hangar, spelled H-A-N-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1große, überdachte Halle, meistens aus Metall oder Holz, die zum Unterbringen, Warten und Reparieren von Luftfahrzeugen (vornehmlich Luftschiffe, Flugzeuge, Raumfähren) dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hangar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Hangar der Reederei wird schon an einem vierten Zeppelin NT gebaut.“
„München und der Orkan "Kyrill": Rettungshubschrauber bleiben im Hangar, bei der Bahn geht nichts mehr, die Schulen sind geschlossen.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahngar
- hagnar
- hanagr
- hangarr
- hanggar
- hangra
- hanngar
- hhangar
- hnagar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hangar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hangar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).