take five
"take-five" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take five” 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 take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-five · take five · English
take five · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 five |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take five” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take five is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.".
take five has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is take five, spelled T-A-K-E- -F-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how take five appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hey, stop fighting! Take five, people!
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.