Which to use
“take” and “tomé” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,341
- “take” frequency rank
- #4,602
- “tomé” frequency rank
- 11943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | take | tomé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomar (pegar, passar a estar sob posse) | primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei |
Letter map: take vs tomé
Shared letters muted; letters that set take and tomé apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Pair insight - take / tomé
take and tomé are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
take is recorded at frequency rank #7,341, classified as averb, pronounced /teɪk/. tomé is at rank #4,602, tagged as averb.
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 11943, this pair ranks #60,784 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of take vs tomé
Shared letters: t. Private to "take": aek. Private to "tomé": moé.
"take" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- take ← atke · taek · takke · tkae · ttake
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "take" and "tomé" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "take" vs "tomé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "take" and "tomé".
- Full dictionary entry for "take" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tomé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,784 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "take" and "tomé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomé 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 #60,784 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.