taka

\ta.ka\

/\ta.ka\/ noun

The verdict

“taka” is uncommon French (frequency #56,963 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,963
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devise officielle du Bangladesh depuis 1972.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taka · taka · French

taka · rank #56,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,963
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH talks

Nearest frequency peer: talks (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « taka »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « taka » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taka
PropertyValue
Headwordtaka
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.ka\
Letters4
Frequency rank#56,963
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « taka » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.takatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « talks » (#56,964), « T6 » (#56,961), « tapi » (#56,965). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taka » est au #56,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taka is uncommon French at frequency #56,963 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Devise officielle du Bangladesh depuis 1972.".

Zero misspellings are on record for taka in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taka, spelled T-A-K-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Devise officielle du Bangladesh depuis 1972.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un taka est divisé en cent poisha.
  2. Il profitait de la situation, ne lui payant qu’un très bas prix, ce qui lui faisait un salaire quotidien de seulement 1 taka (le taka est la monnaie du Bangladesh).

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taka"?
"taka" is spelled T-A-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.ka\.
What does "taka" mean?
As a noun, "taka" means: Devise officielle du Bangladesh depuis 1972.
How do you pronounce "taka"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taka" is \ta.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taka", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list