# Hanoi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /hɑːˈnɔɪ/ · frequency rank #17,376

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Vietnam.
2. the Vietnamese government.

## Etymology
From Vietnamese Hà Nội, which is a Sino-Vietnamese word, 河內.

## Easily confused with
- **hao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hao)
- **hoi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hoi)
- **Hans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hans)
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hari)
- **honor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-honor)
- **Hindi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hindi)
- **havoc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-havoc)
- **Hanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanoi-vs-hanson)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-hanoi)
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hai-vs-hanoi)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-hanoi)
- **hang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hang-vs-hanoi)
- **halo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/halo-vs-hanoi)
- **Hank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hank-vs-hanoi)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hana-vs-hanoi)
- **Haji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haji-vs-hanoi)
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hands-vs-hanoi)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handy-vs-hanoi)
- **Haiti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haiti-vs-hanoi)
- **Hanna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanna-vs-hanoi)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ahnoi`, `hanio`, `hannoi`, `haoni`, `hhanoi`, `hnaoi`

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