take account of

/\teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\/ verb

The verdict

“take account of” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Tenir compte de.

Key facts for take account of
PropertyValue
Headwordtake account of
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “take account of” sits in French frequency

take account of falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for take account of is 15 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for take account of in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is take account of, spelled T-A-K-E- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T- -O-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tenir compte de.
  2. 2
    Faire attention à, prêter attention à.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "take account of"?
"take account of" is spelled T-A-K-E- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T- -O-F. The IPA pronunciation is \teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\.
What does "take account of" mean?
As a verb, "take account of" means: Tenir compte de.
How do you pronounce "take account of"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "take account of" is \teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "take account of" come from?
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Using “take account of”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-A-K-E- -A-C-C-O-U-N-T- -O-F — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \teɪk ə.ˈkaʊnt ɒv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.