attract
/əˈtɹækt/
"attract" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“attract” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,099. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,099
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To pull toward without touching.
Corpus desk
Index EN-attract · attract · English
attract · rank #5,099 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,099
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Amy
Nearest frequency peer: Amy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “attract”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wealthy
wealthy
94,905 corpus weight
- additionally
additionally
94,904 corpus weight
- Amy
Amy
94,903 corpus weight
- attract
attract
94,902 corpus weight
- Barbara
Barbara
94,901 corpus weight
- beta
beta
94,900 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “attract” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attract |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈtɹækt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “attract” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around attract (IPA /əˈtɹækt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,099 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for attract, with forms such as "atract", "atrtact", and "attarct". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "attracted", "attack", "attach", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”). The correct English form is attract, spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1To pull toward without touching.
- 2To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
- 3To incur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attract appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A magnet attracts iron filings.
All bodies, and all the parts of bodies, mutually attract themselves, and one another.
Etymology
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atract
- atrtact
- attarct
- attracct
- attractt
- attratc
- attrcat
- attrract
- tatract
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attract - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "attract", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "attract" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "attracted". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,099 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.