take responsibility

verb

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"take-responsibility" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“take responsibility” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.

Key facts for take responsibility
PropertyValue
Headwordtake responsibility
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “take responsibility” sits in English frequency

take responsibility falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for take responsibility is 19 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for take responsibility in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is take responsibility, spelled T-A-K-E- -R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
  2. 2
    To accept or take on an obligation or liability.

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 responsibility"?
"take responsibility" is spelled T-A-K-E- -R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "take responsibility" mean?
As a verb, "take responsibility" means: To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
What language does "take responsibility" come from?
"take responsibility" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “take responsibility”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-A-K-E- -R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list