Which to use
“take” and “takes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,079
- “take” frequency rank
- #47,639
- “takes” frequency rank
- 60718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | take | takes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prise de position publique. | Pluriel de take. |
Same sound, different letters: take vs takes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. take and takes are pronounced identically (\tɛk\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “take” sits inside “takes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
take is recorded at frequency rank #13,079, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛk\. takes is at rank #47,639, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛk\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60718, this pair ranks #96,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of take vs takes
Shared letters: aekt. Private to "take": -. Private to "takes": s.
"take" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "takes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC