# attraction

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈtɹækʃn̩/ · frequency rank #5,937

## Definitions
1. The tendency to attract.
2. The feeling of being attracted (to something).
3. The feeling of being attracted (to something).
4. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
5. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
6. An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahō
Latin attrahō
Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin attractiōder.
Old French attractionbor.
Middle English attraccioun
English attraction
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **attrition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attraction-vs-attrition)
- **attractive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attraction-vs-attractive)
- **abstraction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abstraction-vs-attraction)

## Common misspellings (14)
`atraction`, `atrtaction`, `attarction`, `attracction`, `attraciton`, `attracsion`, `attractino`, `attractionn`, `attractoin`, `attracttion`, `attratcion`, `attrcation`, `attrraction`, `tatraction`

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