# halogen

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæl.ə.d͡ʒən/ · frequency rank #35,746

## Definitions
1. Any element of group 17, i.e. fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine and tennessine.
2. A light fixture in which the filament is surrounded by an atmosphere of a halogen gas.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt" or "sea”) + γεν- (gen-), "to produce" (coined by Berzelius in 1842). By surface analysis, halo- (“salt”) + -gen (“forming”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagen-vs-halogen)
- **Halen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halen-vs-halogen)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ahlogen`, `halgoen`, `hallogen`, `haloegn`, `halogenn`, `haloggen`, `halogne`, `haolgen`, `hhalogen`, `hlaogen`

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