hang together

verb

"hang-together" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“hang together” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To be connected.

Corpus desk

Index EN-hang-together · hang together · English

hang together · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for hang together
PropertyValue
Headwordhang together
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “hang together” in English

hang togethersits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hang together is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for hang together in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is hang together, spelled H-A-N-G- -T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    To be connected.
  2. 2
    To correspond or fit well.
  3. 3
    To be in a romantic relationship.
  4. 4
    To be united in defiance.
  5. 5
    To remain united; to stand by one another.
  6. 6
    To be self-consistent and make sense; to seem plausible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how hang together appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […]we are all of a piece; we hang together.
  2. The story does not hang together.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hang together"?
"hang together" is spelled H-A-N-G- -T-O-G-E-T-H-E-R.
What does "hang together" mean?
As a verb, "hang together" means: To be connected.
What language does "hang together" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list