Which to use
“take” is an adjective and “Tote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,953
- “take” frequency rank
- #2,691
- “Tote” frequency rank
- 11644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | take | Tote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak | weibliche Person, die nicht mehr am Leben, sondern verstorben ist |
Where the eye mixes take and Tote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. take and Tote follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses take with Tote
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: take is [ˈtakə] while Tote is [ˈtoːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
take is recorded at frequency rank #8,953, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtakə]. Tote is at rank #2,691, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtoːtə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 11644, this pair ranks #1,968,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of take vs Tote
Shared letters: et. Private to "take": ak. Private to "Tote": o.
"take" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Tote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "take" and "Tote" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "take" or "Tote"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "take" and "Tote" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "take" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,968,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "take" and "Tote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "take vs tine". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,968,719 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.