ingang
/ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/
"ingang" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ingang” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An entrance or entryway.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ingang · ingang · English
ingang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ingang |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ingang” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ingang is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪn(ˌ)ɡæŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An entrance or entryway.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ingang in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish ind… The correct English form is ingang, spelled I-N-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1An entrance or entryway.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ingang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingang.
Etymology
From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- + gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang), Swedish ingång (“entrance”), Danish indgang (“entrance, entryway”). More at in, gang.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.