hangar

/[ãŋˈgaɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,642

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

hangar is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lugar utilizado para guardar aeronaves, generalmente de grandes dimensiones y situado en los aeródromos. Pronounced [ãŋˈgaɾ]. Often confused with hogar and honrar.

Key facts for hangar
PropertyValue
Headwordhangar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ãŋˈgaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,642
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hangar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hangar is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ãŋˈgaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,642 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lugar utilizado para guardar aeronaves, generalmente de grandes dimensiones y situado en los aeródromos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for hangar, with forms such as "ahngar", "hagnar", and "hanagr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "hogar", "honrar", "hurgar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hangar, spelled H-A-N-G-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lugar utilizado para guardar aeronaves, generalmente de grandes dimensiones y situado en los aeródromos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahngar,hagnar,hanagr,hangarr,hanggar,hangra,hanngar,hhangar,hnagar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hangar

Misspelling Variants of "hangar"

ahngar6hagnar6hanagr6hangarr7hanggar7hangra6hanngar7hhangar7
Misspelling Variants of "hangar"

Frequency rank: #33,642 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hangar"?
"hangar" is spelled H-A-N-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ãŋˈgaɾ].
What does "hangar" mean?
As a noun, "hangar" means: Lugar utilizado para guardar aeronaves, generalmente de grandes dimensiones y situado en los aeródromos.
What words are commonly confused with "hangar"?
"hangar" is commonly confused with "hogar", "honrar", "hurgar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hangar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hangar" is [ãŋˈgaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hangar" come from?
"hangar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.