hanger
hang·er/ˈhæŋə/noun
hanger is spelled H-A-N-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (hang·er). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “hangar vs hanger” about 1,900 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, hanger means “One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hanger is hangers.
How many letters and syllables are in hanger?
| Letters | 6: H-A-N-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hang·er |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th 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 hanger?
Hanger appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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 hanger?
- UK /ˈhæŋə/
- British /ˈhaŋə/
- /ˈhaŋə/
As a noun (“Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by…”): /ˈhæŋ.ɡəː/, [ˈhæŋ.ɡəː], /ˈhɛŋ.ɡɘː/.
Hanger has 2 syllables, split hang·er in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-hanger.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-hanger_(noun,_one_who_hangs).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-hanger_(noun,_hunger+anger).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hanger
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: hangar (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 hanger?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as hanger from its last stressed vowel (/æŋə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rehang.
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 hanger
- hangers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hanger mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- 2
A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- 3
A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- 4
A bridle iron.
- 5
A clothes hanger.
- 6
Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
- 7
A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
- 8
UKA steep, wooded slope.
- 9
slangHunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hanger in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that by which a thing is suspended:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kleiderbügel |
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 hanger come from?
Inherited from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang + -er. Cognate with West Frisian hinger (“hanger”), Dutch hanger (“hanger”), German Hänger (“hanger”), Henker (“hangman”), Danish hænger (“hanger”), Norwegian henger (“hanger”), Swedish hängare (“hanger”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).