# spoken vs sunken

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### spoken
*adjective · IPA /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/ · frequency rank #3,336*
Relating to speech.

### sunken
*verb · IPA /ˈsʌŋkən/ · frequency rank #20,793*
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/spoken-vs-sunken