hanging
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The verdict
“hanging” is uncommon German (frequency #74,682 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,682
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hängend
Corpus desk
Index DE-hanging · hanging · German
hanging · rank #74,682 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,682
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH Handelsschiffe
Nearest frequency peer: Handelsschiffe (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „hanging“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hams
hams
25,321 corpus weight
- Handelsschi…
Handelsschiffe
25,320 corpus weight
- hanging
hanging
25,319 corpus weight
- Harakiri
Harakiri
25,318 corpus weight
- Harfen
Harfen
25,317 corpus weight
- Hauptamt
Hauptamt
25,316 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „hanging“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hanging |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hanging“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hanging is uncommon German at frequency #74,682 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hängend".
Zero misspellings are on record for hanging in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hanging, spelled H-A-N-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1hängend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hanging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The light from a hanging chandelier filled the great hall.
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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