# danger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #2,526

## Definitions
1. Exposure to likely harm; peril.
2. An instance or cause of likely harm.
3. Mischief.
4. The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
5. Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
6. Liability.
7. Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
8. A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.

## Etymology
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

## Easily confused with
- **Dante** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dante)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-diner)
- **dinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dinner)
- **Daniel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-daniel)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-denver)
- **darker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-darker)
- **dodger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dodger)
- **digger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-digger)
- **dangle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dangle)
- **dapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dapper)
- **donner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-donner)
- **denier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-denier)
- **dangers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-dangers)
- **Danvers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danger-vs-danvers)
- **dang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dang-vs-danger)
- **Dane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dane-vs-danger)
- **dance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dance-vs-danger)
- **Danes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/danes-vs-danger)
- **dancer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dancer-vs-danger)
- **dances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dances-vs-danger)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adnger`, `dagner`, `danegr`, `dangerr`, `dangger`, `dangre`, `dannger`, `ddanger`, `dnager`

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