fortake
"fortake" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fortake” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To take away; remove; deprive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fortake · fortake · English
fortake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortake |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fortake” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fortake is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
fortake has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”). The correct English form is fortake, spelled F-O-R-T-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1To take away; remove; deprive.
- 2To mistake; make a mistake.
- 3To aim or deal a blow at; hit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, [...]
In a slaughter wide they fell, woeful days of Bale came on; Famine-death fortook fortitude from men!
Etymology
From Middle English fortaken, equivalent to for- + take. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian fortaka (“to assail, assault”), Swedish förta (“to deprive, take away, deaden”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.