Hänger
[ˈhɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Hänger” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #36,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,985
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fahrzeug, das über keinen eigenen Antrieb verfügt und hinter Kraftfahrzeugen mitgeführt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-hanger · Hänger · German
Hänger · rank #36,985 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,985
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Hormon
Nearest frequency peer: Hormon (-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 „Hänger“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- herauszuhol…
herauszuholen
63,020 corpus weight
- Hormon
Hormon
63,017 corpus weight
- Hänger
Hänger
63,016 corpus weight
- Häufchen
Häufchen
63,015 corpus weight
- Hölderlin
Hölderlin
63,014 corpus weight
- ICD
ICD
63,013 corpus weight
What this shows „Hänger“ 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 | Hänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Hänger“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Hänger (IPA [ˈhɛŋɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,985 among 3,372 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hänger, with forms such as "hhänger", "hnäger", and "hägner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hängt", "Hanse", "Heger", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Hänger, spelled H-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Fahrzeug, das über keinen eigenen Antrieb verfügt und hinter Kraftfahrzeugen mitgeführt wird
- 2(oft vorübergehender) Zustand nicht zu wissen, wie es weitergeht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Hänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Lastwagen kam schnell näher und wuchs sich mehr und mehr zu einem 18-rädrigen Monster aus mit einem Hänger im Schlepptau.“
„Haraldur biegt auf den Platz vor dem Hof, sieht Aldís an der hohen Kirchenwand stehen, setzt den großen Hänger rückwärts an den Schuppen, stellt den Motor und Cohen ab und steigt vom Traktor.“
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhänger
- hnäger
- hägner
- hänegr
- hängerr
- hängger
- hängre
- hännger
- ähnger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hänger - 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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Hänger", 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).