# attacked vs attacker

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### attacked
*verb · IPA /əˈtækt/ · frequency rank #2,874*
simple past and past participle of attack

### attacker
*noun · IPA /əˈtækɚ/ · frequency rank #13,093*
Someone who attacks.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attacked-vs-attacker