take note

/\teɪk nəʊt\/ verb

The verdict

“take note” 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
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Constater.

Key facts for take note
PropertyValue
Headwordtake note
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\teɪk nəʊt\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “take note” sits in French frequency

take note 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 note is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \teɪk nəʊt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Constater.".

No misspelling variants are generated for take note 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 note, spelled T-A-K-E- -N-O-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Constater.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "take note"?
"take note" is spelled T-A-K-E- -N-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \teɪk nəʊt\.
What does "take note" mean?
As a verb, "take note" means: Constater.
How do you pronounce "take note"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "take note" is \teɪk nəʊt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "take note" come from?
"take note" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “take note”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is T-A-K-E- -N-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \teɪk nəʊt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

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