hangry
/ˈhæŋɡɹi/
"hangry" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hangry” is uncommon English (frequency #85,322 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,322
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hangry · hangry · English
hangry · rank #85,322 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,322
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Halima
Nearest frequency peer: Halima (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “hangry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hagiography
hagiography
14,683 corpus weight
- Halima
Halima
14,681 corpus weight
- hangry
hangry
14,679 corpus weight
- Hansson
Hansson
14,677 corpus weight
- Hanwell
Hanwell
14,676 corpus weight
- harborough
harborough
14,675 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hangry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hangry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈhæŋɡɹi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hangry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hangry is uncommon English at frequency #85,322 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈhæŋɡɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hangry in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of hungry + angry. The correct English form is hangry, spelled H-A-N-G-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hangry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A monster was described as hangry, pronounced by the aythor as [aŋgri]. When asked whether it was angry or hungry, the author replied "Yes".
I also get really "hangry".
Etymology
Blend of hungry + angry.
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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