# retaking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,592

## Definitions
1. The act of taking again.

## Easily confused with
- **retiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaking-vs-retiring)
- **rotating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaking-vs-rotating)
- **revoking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaking-vs-revoking)
- **retain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retain-vs-retaking)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raking-vs-retaking)
- **reading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reading-vs-retaking)
- **retains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retains-vs-retaking)
- **rearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rearing-vs-retaking)
- **reaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaping-vs-retaking)
- **relating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relating-vs-retaking)
- **relaxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relaxing-vs-retaking)
- **renaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renaming-vs-retaking)
- **relaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relaying-vs-retaking)
- **remaking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remaking-vs-retaking)
- **retaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retaining-vs-retaking)
- **retailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/retailing-vs-retaking)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ertaking`, `reatking`, `retaikng`, `retakign`, `retakingg`, `retakinng`, `retakking`, `retaknig`, `retkaing`, `rettaking`, `rretaking`, `rteaking`

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