# attacker

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈtækɚ/ · frequency rank #13,093

## Definitions
1. Someone who attacks.
2. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

## Etymology
From attack + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **attacks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attacker-vs-attacks)
- **attack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attack-vs-attacker)
- **attaché** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attache-vs-attacker)
- **attached** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attached-vs-attacker)
- **attacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attacked-vs-attacker)
- **attaches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attaches-vs-attacker)

## Common misspellings (10)
`atacker`, `atatcker`, `attaccker`, `attacekr`, `attackerr`, `attackker`, `attackre`, `attakcer`, `attcaker`, `tatacker`

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