# hanged vs Hanley

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hanged
*verb · IPA /ˈhæŋd/ · frequency rank #13,730*
simple past and past participle of hang (now only when referring to the method of execution, elsewhere hung is used)

### Hanley
*name · frequency rank #25,781*
A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ880480).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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