Which to use
“tak” is a particle and “task” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,692
- “tak” frequency rank
- #34,487
- “task” frequency rank
- 77179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tak | task |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sim | tarefa |
Letter map: tak vs task
Shared letters muted; letters that set tak and task apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tak runs 3 letters (CVC) against task's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tak / task
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tak is aparticle and taskanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tak is recorded at frequency rank #42,692, classified as aparticle. task is at rank #34,487, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɑːsk/ (britânica).
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 77179, this pair ranks #1,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tak vs task
Shared letters: akt. Private to "tak": -. Private to "task": s.
"tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "task" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- task ← atsk · taks · taskk · tassk · tsak · ttask
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tak" and "task" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tak" vs "task" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tak" and "task".
- Full dictionary entry for "tak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "task" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tak" and "task" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tak vs til". 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 #1,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.