hängen
[ˈhɛŋən]
The verdict
“hängen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #2,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,114
- frequency rank, German
- 59,066
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an einem festen Punkt (durch das Eigengewicht nach unten baumelnd) befestigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hangen · hängen · German
hängen · rank #2,114 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,114
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 59,066
- PHOTO-FINISH höre
Nearest frequency peer: höre (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hängen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Halbe
Halbe
97,890 corpus weight
- Hamburger
Hamburger
97,889 corpus weight
- hängen
hängen
97,887 corpus weight
- höre
höre
97,886 corpus weight
- leer
leer
97,885 corpus weight
- manchen
manchen
97,884 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hängen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hängen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɛŋən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hängen” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around hängen (IPA [ˈhɛŋən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,114 among 59,066 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hängen, with forms such as "hhängen", "hnägen", and "hägnen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hann", "hängt", "hauen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hängen, spelled H-Ä-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1an einem festen Punkt (durch das Eigengewicht nach unten baumelnd) befestigen
- 2durch Erhängen töten
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhängen
- hnägen
- hägnen
- hänegn
- hängenn
- hänggen
- hängne
- hänngen
- ähngen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hängen - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hängen", 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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.