Which to use
“takes” and “teck” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,639
- “takes” frequency rank
- #45,910
- “teck” frequency rank
- 93549
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | takes | teck |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de take. | Grand arbre de la famille des verbénacées, qui croît dans l’Inde, et dont le bois imputrescible est recherché pour la construction des vaisseaux. |
Same sound, different letters: takes vs teck
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. takes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against teck's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - takes and teck
This is the hard kind. takes and teck 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
takes is recorded at frequency rank #47,639, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛk\. teck is at rank #45,910, 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 93549, this pair ranks #2,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of takes vs teck
Shared letters: ekt. Private to "takes": as. Private to "teck": c.
"takes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "teck" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "takes" and "teck" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "takes" or "teck"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "takes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teck" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "takes" and "teck" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "takes vs Takeshi". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #2,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.