# snuck vs sunk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### snuck
*verb · IPA /snʌk/ · frequency rank #20,502*
simple past and past participle of sneak

### sunk
*verb · IPA /sʌŋk/ · frequency rank #10,617*
past participle of sink

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