close down
/kləʊzˈdaʊn/
"close-down" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“close down” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To stop trading as a business.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | close down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “close down” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for close down is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kləʊzˈdaʊn/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
close down doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is close down, spelled C-L-O-S-E- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To stop trading as a business.
- 2To surround someone, as to impede their movement.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “close down”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-S-E- -D-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.