# Hunan vs hung

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Hunan
*name · IPA /huːˈnɑːn/ · frequency rank #37,033*
A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Capital: Changsha.

### hung
*verb · IPA /ˈhʌŋ/ · frequency rank #5,052*
simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hung