# hinged

> English word · Adjective · IPA /hɪnd͡ʒd/ · frequency rank #26,461

## Definitions
1. Affixed by a hinge, as a door.
2. Extremely high on drugs.
3. Of a stamp, affixed with a stamp hinge.
4. Sane; not unhinged.

## Etymology
The "not unhinged" sense was created as a back-formation from unhinged.

## Easily confused with
- **hired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hired)
- **honed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-honed)
- **hunger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hunger)
- **hunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hunted)
- **hugged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hugged)
- **hinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hinted)
- **hinges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinged-vs-hinges)
- **hind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hind-vs-hinged)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hing-vs-hinged)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinge-vs-hinged)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hines-vs-hinged)
- **hiked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hiked-vs-hinged)
- **handed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handed-vs-hinged)
- **hanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanged-vs-hinged)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hinged)
- **hanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanger-vs-hinged)
- **hedged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hedged-vs-hinged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhinged`, `higned`, `hinegd`, `hingde`, `hingedd`, `hingged`, `hinnged`, `hniged`, `ihnged`

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