hangar

noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,674

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

hangar is aPortuguesenoun. It means: abrigo alpendrado ou barracão para aviões, mercadorias, etc. Often confused with honrar and Hunger.

Key facts for hangar
PropertyValue
Headwordhangar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,674
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for hangar is 6 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #24,674 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "abrigo alpendrado ou barracão para aviões, mercadorias, etc.".

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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "honrar", "Hunger", "húngaro", 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 Portuguese 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
    abrigo alpendrado ou barracão para aviões, mercadorias, etc.

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: #24,674 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hangar"?
"hangar" is spelled H-A-N-G-A-R.
What does "hangar" mean?
As a noun, "hangar" means: abrigo alpendrado ou barracão para aviões, mercadorias, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "hangar"?
"hangar" is commonly confused with "honrar", "Hunger", "húngaro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "hangar" come from?
"hangar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Portuguese index:

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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.