take place

verb

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"take-place" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To happen or to occur.

Corpus desk

Index EN-take-place · take place · English

take place · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 place
PropertyValue
Headwordtake place
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “take place” in English

take placesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

take place is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for take place, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: A verb phrase, with place functioning as the direct object of the transitive verb take. The correct English form is take place, spelled T-A-K-E- -P-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To happen or to occur.
  2. 2
    To take precedence or priority.
  3. 3
    To take effect; to prevail.
  4. 4
    To sit in a particular location, take one's place.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Unfortunately, the meeting never took place.
  2. The wedding was to take place in the rose garden.

Etymology

A verb phrase, with place functioning as the direct object of the transitive verb take.

Synonyms

come to pass

This word in other languages

acaecer(Español)avoir lieu(Français)stattfinden(Deutsch)acontecer(Português)

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 place"?
"take place" is spelled T-A-K-E- -P-L-A-C-E.
What does "take place" mean?
As a verb, "take place" means: To happen or to occur.
What is the origin of the word "take place"?
A verb phrase, with place functioning as the direct object of the transitive verb take. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list