# taker vs talked

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### taker
*noun · IPA /ˈteɪkɚ/ · frequency rank #21,677*
One who takes something.

### talked
*verb · IPA /tɔːkt/ · frequency rank #2,410*
simple past and past participle of talk

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