# partake

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɑɹˈteɪk/ · frequency rank #21,611

## Definitions
1. To take part in an activity; to participate.
2. To take a share or portion.
3. To have something of the properties, character, or office.

## Etymology
Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”).

## Easily confused with
- **portage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/partake-vs-portage)
- **parade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parade-vs-partake)
- **pancake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pancake-vs-partake)

## Common misspellings (10)
`aprtake`, `paratke`, `parrtake`, `partaek`, `partakke`, `partkae`, `parttake`, `patrake`, `ppartake`, `pratake`

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