takes
/teɪks/
"takes" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“takes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #683
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of take
Corpus desk
Index EN-takes · takes · English
takes · rank #683 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #683
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sorry
Nearest frequency peer: sorry (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “takes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- present
present
99,321 corpus weight
- result
result
99,320 corpus weight
- sorry
sorry
99,319 corpus weight
- takes
takes
99,318 corpus weight
- training
training
99,317 corpus weight
- wish
wish
99,316 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “takes” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | takes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /teɪks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “takes” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around takes (IPA /teɪks/), averb. Corpus frequency is #683 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of take".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for takes, with forms such as "atkes", "taeks", and "takess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tape", "tale", "toes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is takes, spelled T-A-K-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of take
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atkes
- taeks
- takess
- takkes
- takse
- tkaes
- ttakes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of takes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "takes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "takes" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tape". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #683 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.