# hangar

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈhæ̞ŋə/ · frequency rank #19,851

## Definitions
1. A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
2. A covered shed for carriages.

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **Hanna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hanna)
- **hunger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hunger)
- **Hannah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hannah)
- **hanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hanged)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hanger)
- **Hungary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hungary)
- **hangman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hangman)
- **Hansard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hangar-vs-hansard)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hangar)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hana-vs-hangar)
- **Hagan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagan-vs-hangar)
- **Hagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagar-vs-hangar)
- **hander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hander-vs-hangar)
- **haggard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haggard-vs-hangar)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahngar`, `hagnar`, `hanagr`, `hangarr`, `hanggar`, `hangra`, `hanngar`, `hhangar`, `hnagar`

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