takesvstaskerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#683
“takes” frequency rank
#45,693
“tasker” frequency rank
46376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature takes tasker
Definition third-person singular simple present indicative of take One who imposes a task.

Letter map: takes vs tasker

Shared letters muted; letters that set takes and tasker apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
takes
6 ch
tasker

Part-of-speech tell for takes / tasker

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: takes is averb and taskeranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

takes is recorded at frequency rank #683, classified as averb, pronounced /teɪks/. tasker is at rank #45,693, 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 46376, this pair ranks #212,345 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of takes vs tasker

Shared letters: aekst. Private to "takes": -. Private to "tasker": r.

"takes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "tasker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • takesatkes · taeks · takess · takkes · takse · tkaes · ttakes
  • taskeratsker · takser · tasekr · taskerr · taskker · taskre · tassker · tsaker

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "takes" and "tasker" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "takes" is a verb and "tasker" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "takes" vs "tasker" - which ranks higher?
"takes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #683 in our English list, against #45,693 for "tasker". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "takes" vs "tasker" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "takes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tasker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #212,345 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "takes" and "tasker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tasker vs tater". 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 #212,345 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