took
/tʊk/
The verdict
“took” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,245 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,245
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pasado simple del verbo (to) take ('tomar').
Corpus desk
Index ES-took · took · Spanish
took · rank #64,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,245
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH toleramos
Nearest frequency peer: toleramos (-1 rank slots)
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 “took”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tlatoani
tlatoani
35,759 corpus weight
- tocho
tocho
35,758 corpus weight
- toleramos
toleramos
35,757 corpus weight
- took
took
35,756 corpus weight
- torio
torio
35,754 corpus weight
- tornar
tornar
35,753 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “took” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | took |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tʊk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,245 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “took” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
took is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,245 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tʊk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pasado simple del verbo (to) take ('tomar').".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for took, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is took, spelled T-O-O-K.
Definition
- 1Pasado simple del verbo (to) take ('tomar').
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "took", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.