take responsibility
"take-responsibility" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take responsibility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-responsibility · take responsibility · English
take responsibility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 responsibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take responsibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take responsibility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
- 1To blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault.
- 2To accept or take on an obligation or liability.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take responsibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I take responsibility for my poor choice; it was my fault.
The new captain will take responsibility for the ship at the beginning of January.
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.