# hung

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈhʌŋ/ · frequency rank #5,052

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
2. simple past and past participle of hang (in any sense)

## Easily confused with
- **hut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hut)
- **Hur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hur)
- **Hus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hus)
- **Huw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-huw)
- **hurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hurt)
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hunt)
- **hush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hush)
- **Hyun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hyun)
- **huts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-huts)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hunk)
- **Hurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hurd)
- **hurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hurl)
- **Huns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-huns)
- **husk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-husk)
- **Hutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hutt)
- **Hutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hutu)
- **hunts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hunts)
- **hyung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hyung)
- **Hwang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hwang)
- **hunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hung-vs-hunky)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hhung`, `hnug`, `hugn`, `hungg`, `hunng`, `uhng`

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