attacked

/əˈtækt/

//əˈtækt// verb

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"attacked" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“attacked” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,874. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,874
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of attack

Corpus desk

Index EN-attacked · attacked · English

attacked · rank #2,874 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,874
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH attached

Nearest frequency peer: attached (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “attacked”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “attacked” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

attacked vs attacks
75% similar
attacked vs attacker
88% similar
attacked vs attained
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for attacked
PropertyValue
Headwordattacked
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈtækt/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,874
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “attacked”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).attackedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “attached” (#2,873), “automatically” (#2,875), “wondering” (#2,872). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “attacked” is #2,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around attacked (IPA /əˈtækt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,874 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of attack".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for attacked, with forms such as "atacked", "atatcked", and "attaccked". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "attacks", "attacker", "attained", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is attacked, spelled A-T-T-A-C-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of attack

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atacked
  • atatcked
  • attaccked
  • attacekd
  • attackde
  • attackedd
  • attackked
  • attakced
  • attcaked
  • tatacked

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attacked - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atacked1atatcked2attaccked1attacekd2attackde2attackedd1attackked1attakced2
Edit distance from "attacked"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attacked"?
"attacked" is spelled A-T-T-A-C-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈtækt/.
What does "attacked" mean?
As a verb, "attacked" means: simple past and past participle of attack
What words are commonly confused with "attacked"?
"attacked" is commonly confused with "attacks", "attacker", "attained". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attacked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attacked" is /əˈtækt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attacked" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attacked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

attached#2,873ultimate#2,869Carolina#2,882external#2,893

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

today's10 variantsSydney10 variantssomehow10 variantsengaged10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list