# sued vs sunk

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sued
*verb · IPA /sjuːd/ · frequency rank #8,360*
simple past and past participle of sue

### 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/sued-vs-sunk