# Sacks vs sank

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sacks
*name · IPA /sæks/ · frequency rank #13,233*
A surname.

### sank
*verb · IPA /ˈsæŋk/ · frequency rank #11,288*
simple past of sink

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