# hang vs hen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hang
*verb · IPA /ˈhæŋ/ · frequency rank #2,487*
To be or remain suspended.

### hen
*noun · IPA /hɛn/ · frequency rank #13,733*
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hen