Which to use
“taken” is an adjective and “tapes” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,860
- “taken” frequency rank
- #41,496
- “tapes” frequency rank
- 84356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taken | tapes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak | 2. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv des Verbs tapar |
Letter map: taken vs tapes
Shared letters muted; letters that set taken and tapes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. taken and tapes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - taken and tapes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taken is anadjective and tapesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taken is recorded at frequency rank #42,860, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈtakn̩]. tapes is at rank #41,496, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 84356, this pair ranks #125,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taken vs tapes
Shared letters: aet. Private to "taken": kn. Private to "tapes": ps.
"taken" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tapes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "taken" and "tapes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "taken" or "tapes" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "taken" and "tapes".
- Full dictionary entry for "taken" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tapes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taken" and "tapes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tapes". 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 #125,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.