Which to use
“talk” and “took” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,582
- “talk” frequency rank
- #40,361
- “took” frequency rank
- 49943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talk | took |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conversar | pretérito do verbo take |
Letter map: talk vs took
Shared letters muted; letters that set talk and took apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - talk / took
talk and took 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talk is recorded at frequency rank #9,582, classified as averb. 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 49943, this pair ranks #15,033 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of talk vs took
Shared letters: kt. Private to "talk": al. Private to "took": o.
"talk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "took" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "talk" for "took" ever safe?
Frequency check: "talk" vs "took" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "talk" and "took". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "talk" 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 #15,033 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talk" 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 #15,033 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.