hangar
hang·ar/ˈhæŋ.ə/noun, verb
hangar is spelled H-A-N-G-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (hang·ar). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hangar vs hanger” about 1,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, hangar means “A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hangar is hangars.
How many letters and syllables are in hangar?
| Letters | 6: H-A-N-G-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hang·ar |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 19,825th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hangar?
Hangar appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 19,825th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hangar?
- UK /ˈhæŋ.ə/
- UK [ˈhæŋ.ə]
- /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
Hangar has 2 syllables, split hang·ar in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-hangar.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hangar
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: hanger (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hangar?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hangar from its last stressed vowel (/æŋə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: harang.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hangar
- hangars plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- hangaring participle, present
- hangared participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hangar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
- 2
obsoleteA covered shed for carriages.
verb
- 1
To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hangar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hangar come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).