attack

//əˈtæk// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,947

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

attack is aSpanishverb. It means: Atacar. Pronounced /əˈtæk/. Often confused with ataca and ataco.

Key facts for attack
PropertyValue
Headwordattack
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈtæk/
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,947
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of attack in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for attack is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈtæk/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,947 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Atacar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for attack, with forms such as "atack", "atatck", and "attacck". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ataca", "ataco", "atraco", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is attack, spelled A-T-T-A-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Atacar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atack,atatck,attacck,attackk,attakc,attcak,tatack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for attack

Misspelling Variants of "attack"

atack5atatck6attacck7attackk7attakc6attcak6tatack6
Misspelling Variants of "attack"

Frequency rank: #22,947 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "attack"?
"attack" is spelled A-T-T-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈtæk/.
What does "attack" mean?
As a verb, "attack" means: Atacar.
What words are commonly confused with "attack"?
"attack" is commonly confused with "ataca", "ataco", "atraco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "attack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "attack" is /əˈtæk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "attack" come from?
"attack" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.