hogan

/\o.ɡan\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,721

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

hogan is aFrenchnoun. It means: Maison traditionnelle en terre des Indiens Navajos. Pronounced \o.ɡan\. Often confused with hon and horn.

Key facts for hogan
PropertyValue
Headwordhogan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o.ɡan\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,721
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hogan in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for hogan is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o.ɡan\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,721 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maison traditionnelle en terre des Indiens Navajos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for hogan, with forms such as "hgoan", "hhogan", and "hoagn". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "hon", "horn", "holà", 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 French form is hogan, spelled H-O-G-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maison traditionnelle en terre des Indiens Navajos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hgoan,hhogan,hoagn,hogann,hoggan,hogna,ohgan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hogan

Misspelling Variants of "hogan"

hgoan5hhogan6hoagn5hogann6hoggan6hogna5ohgan5
Misspelling Variants of "hogan"

Frequency rank: #33,721 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hogan"?
"hogan" is spelled H-O-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \o.ɡan\.
What does "hogan" mean?
As a noun, "hogan" means: Maison traditionnelle en terre des Indiens Navajos.
What words are commonly confused with "hogan"?
"hogan" is commonly confused with "hon", "horn", "holà". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hogan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hogan" is \o.ɡan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hogan" come from?
"hogan" is a French 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.