English homophones
hangar/hanger
"hangar" (#19,851 written frequency) beats "hanger" (#21,234) in this 2-word /ˈhæ̞ŋə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈhæ̞ŋə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "hangar" leads at #19,851, with "hanger" trailing at #21,234.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "hang" then splits - "hangar" (6 letters) vs "hanger" (6).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across hangar, hanger: aghnr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
hangar
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aghnr · no private letters vs siblings
hanger
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory aeghnr · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "hangar" when you mean: A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
- Write "hanger" when you mean: One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "hangar" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #19,851 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: hog · hogg. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "hangar, hanger" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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