# handover

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,442

## Definitions
1. The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.
2. The information passed on in such a case.
3. the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another channel.
4. the process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without loss or interruption of service.
5. The transfer of goods from the dealer to the purchaser, often of illegal goods.

## Etymology
Deverbal from hand over.

## Easily confused with
- **Hanover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handover-vs-hanover)
- **hangover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handover-vs-hangover)
- **hungover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handover-vs-hungover)
- **hardcover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handover-vs-hardcover)
- **hander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hander-vs-handover)
- **handler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handler-vs-handover)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ahndover`, `hadnover`, `handdover`, `handoevr`, `handoverr`, `handovre`, `handovver`, `handvoer`, `hanndover`, `hanodver`, `hhandover`, `hnadover`

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