hang up
The verdict
“hang up” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raccrocher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hang-up · hang up · French
hang up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | hang up |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hang up » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hang up is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raccrocher.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hang up in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is hang up, spelled H-A-N-G- -U-P.
Definition
- 1Raccrocher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hang up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'hang up the telephone (raccrocher le téléphone)
To hang up on someone (raccrocher au nez de quelqu'un)
Antonyms
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.