# taken vs tale

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### taken
*adjective · IPA [ˈtakn̩] · frequency rank #42,860*
Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak

### tale
*noun · IPA [ˈteɪl] · frequency rank #32,304*
Bericht

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/taken-vs-tale