takevstashWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: take is a verb, tash is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“take” is a verb and “tash” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#128
“take” frequency rank
#46,806
“tash” frequency rank
46934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature take tash
Definition To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. Alternative form of tache (“mustache”).

Letter map: take vs tash

Shared letters muted; letters that set take and tash apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. take (CVCV) and tash (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
take
4 ch
tash

Grammar separator: take vs tash

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: take is averb and tashanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

take is recorded at frequency rank #128, classified as averb, pronounced /teɪk/. tash is at rank #46,806, tagged as anoun.

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 46934, this pair ranks #207,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of take vs tash

Shared letters: at. Private to "take": ek. Private to "tash": hs.

"take" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tash" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • take ← atke · taek · takke · tkae · ttake
  • tash ← atsh · tahs · tashh · tassh · tsah · ttash

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "take" and "tash" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "take" is a verb and "tash" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "take" vs "tash" - which ranks higher?
"take" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #128 in our English list, against #46,806 for "tash". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "take" vs "tash" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "take" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,127 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "take" and "tash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs tash". 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 #207,127 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list