# sunken

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsʌŋkən/ · frequency rank #20,793

## Definitions
1. past participle of sink

## Easily confused with
- **sunset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunken-vs-sunset)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunk-vs-sunken)
- **spoken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoken-vs-sunken)
- **sudden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudden-vs-sunken)
- **shaken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaken-vs-sunken)
- **sucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sucker-vs-sunken)
- **sullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sullen-vs-sunken)
- **silken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/silken-vs-sunken)
- **sinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sinker-vs-sunken)
- **shrunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shrunken-vs-sunken)

## Common misspellings (9)
`snuken`, `ssunken`, `suknen`, `sunekn`, `sunkenn`, `sunkken`, `sunkne`, `sunnken`, `usnken`

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