closed

/[…]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,496

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

closed is aGermanverb. It means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close Pronounced […]. Often confused with cloud and of.

Key facts for closed
PropertyValue
Headwordclosed
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,496
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of closed in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for closed is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,496 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for closed, with forms such as "cclosed", "cllosed", and "cloesd". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cloud", "of", "ii", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is closed, spelled C-L-O-S-E-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cclosed,cllosed,cloesd,closde,closedd,clossed,clsoed,colsed,lcosed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for closed

Misspelling Variants of "closed"

cclosed7cllosed7cloesd6closde6closedd7clossed7clsoed6colsed6
Misspelling Variants of "closed"

Frequency rank: #31,496 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "closed"?
"closed" is spelled C-L-O-S-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "closed" mean?
As a verb, "closed" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close
What words are commonly confused with "closed"?
"closed" is commonly confused with "cloud", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "closed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "closed" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "closed" come from?
"closed" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.