hang up
"hang-up" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hang up” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To put up to hang.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hang up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hang up” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for hang up is 7 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hang up in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is hang up, spelled H-A-N-G- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To put up to hang.
- 2To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
- 3To stop talking.
- 4To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
- 5To rob or mug (someone).
- 6To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
- 7To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
- 8To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “hang up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is H-A-N-G- -U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.