take back
"take-back" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take back” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-back · take back · English
take back · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | take back |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take back” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take back is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
take back doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is take back, spelled T-A-K-E- -B-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- 2To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.
- 3To resume a relationship with (someone).
- 4To regain possession of (something).
- 5To regain possession of (something).
- 6To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take back appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No, you are not fat; I take it all back.
That tune takes me back to my childhood.
This word in other languages
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.