Which to use
“tak” is a particle and “took” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,692
- “tak” frequency rank
- #40,361
- “took” frequency rank
- 83053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tak | took |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sim | pretérito do verbo take |
Letter map: tak vs took
Shared letters muted; letters that set tak and took apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tak runs 3 letters (CVC) against took's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tak / took
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tak is aparticle and tookaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tak is recorded at frequency rank #42,692, classified as aparticle. took is at rank #40,361, tagged as averb, pronounced /tʊk/.
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 83053, this pair ranks #953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tak vs took
Shared letters: kt. Private to "tak": a. Private to "took": o.
"tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "took" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- took ← otok · tok · toko · tookk · ttook
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tak" and "took" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tak" vs "took" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "tak" vs "took" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "took" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tak" and "took" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "took vs tosa". 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 #953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.