close-up
/ˈkləʊsʌp/
"close-up" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“close-up” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In near proximity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | close-up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkləʊsʌp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “close-up” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for close-up is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkləʊsʌp/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In near proximity.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for close-up, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is close-up, spelled C-L-O-S-E---U-P.
Definition
- 1In near proximity.
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-up”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-S-E---U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkləʊsʌp/ (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.