# hanged

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhæŋd/ · frequency rank #13,730

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of hang (now only when referring to the method of execution, elsewhere hung is used)

## Easily confused with
- **hated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hated)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hinge)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-honed)
- **hunger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hunger)
- **hatred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hatred)
- **Hansen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hansen)
- **hunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hunted)
- **harmed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-harmed)
- **hugged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hugged)
- **hinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hinted)
- **hinges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hinges)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hanger)
- **Hanley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hanley)
- **hinged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hinged)
- **hedged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hedged)
- **haunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-haunted)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-hanged)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hanged)
- **Hagen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hagen-vs-hanged)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hanged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ahnged`, `hagned`, `hanegd`, `hangde`, `hangedd`, `hangged`, `hannged`, `hhanged`, `hnaged`

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