# shrunk

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃɹʌŋk/ · frequency rank #23,099

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of shrink

## Easily confused with
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-sunk)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-shun)
- **skunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-skunk)
- **shunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-shunt)
- **spunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-spunk)
- **struck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-struck)
- **sprung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-sprung)
- **strung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-strung)
- **shrunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunk-vs-shrunken)
- **Shaun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaun-vs-shrunk)
- **shrug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrug-vs-shrunk)
- **Shrek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrek-vs-shrunk)
- **shrub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrub-vs-shrunk)
- **shank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shank-vs-shrunk)
- **shrine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrine-vs-shrunk)
- **shrink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrink-vs-shrunk)
- **shrugs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrugs-vs-shrunk)
- **shrank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrank-vs-shrunk)
- **shriek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shriek-vs-shrunk)
- **Shauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shauna-vs-shrunk)

## Common misspellings (10)
`hsrunk`, `shhrunk`, `shrnuk`, `shrrunk`, `shrukn`, `shrunkk`, `shrunnk`, `shurnk`, `srhunk`, `sshrunk`

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