take leave of one's senses
"take-leave-of-one-s-senses" is a 21-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take leave of one's senses” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 26
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To go crazy; to stop behaving rationally.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-leave-of-one-s-sens · take leave of one's senses · English
take leave of one's senses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 26 letters
- VOW-10 10 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 leave of one's senses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 26 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take leave of one's senses” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take leave of one's senses is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To go crazy; to stop behaving rationally.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for take leave of one's senses, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is take leave of one's senses, spelled T-A-K-E- -L-E-A-V-E- -O-F- -O-N-E-'-S- -S-E-N-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1To go crazy; to stop behaving rationally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take leave of one's senses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here I am, with my book and my pencil—the latter not pointed so well as I could wish, but when Christians take leave of their senses, who is to expect that pencils will keep their points?
She plainly said that men seemed to take leave of their senses as soon as women were concerned; […]
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.