take
\tɛk\
The verdict
“take” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,079
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prise de position publique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-take · take · French
take · rank #13,079 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,079
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH tais
Nearest frequency peer: tais (-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 “take”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- syndical
syndical
86,925 corpus weight
- sémantique
sémantique
86,924 corpus weight
- tais
tais
86,923 corpus weight
- take
take
86,922 corpus weight
- touch
touch
86,921 corpus weight
- transporteur
transporteur
86,920 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “take” sits against the nearest ranked French 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 | take |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tɛk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #13,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “take” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around take (IPA \tɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,079 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prise de position publique.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for take, with forms such as "atke", "taek", and "takke". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "TK", "tué", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is take, spelled T-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Prise de position publique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma take c’est que je trouve ça triste qu’on puisse avoir un rapport de consommation à ces milieux, même si je peux le comprendre.
Je veux pas rentrer dans la discussion de « animation VS effets visuels » je m’y connais pas assez ; ma take c’est que mes yeux disent que c’était ouf.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atke
- taek
- takke
- tkae
- ttake
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of take - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "take", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "take". Here's where to go from here.
- "take" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "te". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,079 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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.