# Handel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #30,076

## Definitions
1. A surname from German; (music) used specifically of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), a German-British Baroque composer.

## Etymology
From a German surname.

## Easily confused with
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hands)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handy)
- **hazel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hazel)
- **handle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handle)
- **harder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-harder)
- **Hansen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hansen)
- **hanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hanged)
- **Hayden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hayden)
- **harden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-harden)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hinder)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hanger)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hanley)
- **hander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-hander)
- **handled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handled)
- **handful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handful)
- **handler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handler)
- **handset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handset)
- **handily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handily)
- **Handley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handley)
- **handheld** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handel-vs-handheld)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ahndel`, `hadnel`, `handdel`, `handell`, `hanedl`, `hanndel`, `hhandel`, `hnadel`

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