Which to use
“takes” and “talked” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #683
- “takes” frequency rank
- #2,410
- “talked” frequency rank
- 3093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | takes | talked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | third-person singular simple present indicative of take | simple past and past participle of talk |
Where the eye mixes takes and talked
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. takes (/teɪks/) and talked (/tɔːkt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
takes is recorded at frequency rank #683, classified as averb, pronounced /teɪks/. talked is at rank #2,410, tagged as averb, pronounced /tɔːkt/.
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 3093, this pair ranks #523,135 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of takes vs talked
Shared letters: aekt. Private to "takes": s. Private to "talked": dl.
"takes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "talked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC