# attacked vs attained

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### attained
*verb · IPA /əˈteɪnd/ · frequency rank #13,463*
simple past and past participle of attain

## Source
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