take into account

verb

"take-into-account" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“take into account” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.

Corpus desk

Index EN-take-into-account · take into account · English

take into account · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for take into account
PropertyValue
Headwordtake into account
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “take into account” in English

take into accountranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

take into account is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for take into account, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is take into account, spelled T-A-K-E- -I-N-T-O- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how take into account appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. His plan did not take into account the possibility of rain.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "take into account"?
"take into account" is spelled T-A-K-E- -I-N-T-O- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T.
What does "take into account" mean?
As a verb, "take into account" means: To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.
What language does "take into account" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list