hangar
/ˈhæ̞ŋə/
"hangar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hangar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,851
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hangar · hangar · English
hangar · rank #19,851 · 9 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,851
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH GUI
Nearest frequency peer: GUI (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “hangar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- grange
grange
80,153 corpus weight
- greats
greats
80,152 corpus weight
- GUI
GUI
80,151 corpus weight
- hangar
hangar
80,150 corpus weight
- hardworking
hardworking
80,149 corpus weight
- hasty
hasty
80,147 corpus weight
What this shows “hangar” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hangar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhæ̞ŋə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hangar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around hangar (IPA /ˈhæ̞ŋə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,851 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hangar, with forms such as "ahngar", "hagnar", and "hanagr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Hanna", "hunger", "Hannah", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). C… The correct English form is hangar, spelled H-A-N-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
- 2A covered shed for carriages.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hangar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahngar
- hagnar
- hanagr
- hangarr
- hanggar
- hangra
- hanngar
- hhangar
- hnagar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hangar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hangar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).