# attract

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈtɹækt/ · frequency rank #5,099

## Definitions
1. To pull toward without touching.
2. To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
3. To incur.

## Etymology
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).

## Easily confused with
- **attracted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attract-vs-attracted)
- **attack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attack-vs-attract)
- **attach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attach-vs-attract)
- **abstract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abstract-vs-attract)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atract`, `atrtact`, `attarct`, `attracct`, `attractt`, `attratc`, `attrcat`, `attrract`, `tatract`

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