take

Name: take, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈtakə]

/[ˈtakə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“take” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,953) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,953
frequency rank, German: 2,684
“T” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak

Corpus desk

Index DE-take · take · German

take · rank #8,953 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,953
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-MID 2,684
PHOTO-FINISH Sydney

Nearest frequency peer: Sydney (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Stadium

91,051
Streitkräfte

91,050
Sydney

91,049
take

91,048
Tausenden

91,047
Terrorismus

91,046

What this shows Balken platzieren „take“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

take vs te

50% similar

take vs TK

0% similar

take vs Tat

25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for take
Property	Value
Headword	take
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈtakə]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#8,953
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „take“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.takeliegt auf dieser Marke:

#8,953

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sydney“ (#8,952), „Tausenden“ (#8,954), „Streitkräfte“ (#8,951). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „take“ bei #8,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for take is neighbouring look-alikes ("te", "TK", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈtakə]. Frequency #8,953 among 2,684 “T” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for take, with forms such as "taek", "takke", and "tkae". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "TK", "Tat", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is take, spelled T-A-K-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

taek
takke
tkae
ttake

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of take - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "take"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "take"?

"take" is spelled T-A-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtakə].

What does "take" mean?

As an adjective, "take" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tak

What words are commonly confused with "take"?

"take" is commonly confused with "te", "TK", "Tat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "take"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "take" is [ˈtakə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "take" come from?

"take" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "take", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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