closer
/ˈkləʊ.sə/
"closer" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“closer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,891
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - comparative form of close: more close
Corpus desk
Index EN-closer · closer · English
closer · rank #1,891 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,891
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH blog
Nearest frequency peer: blog (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “closer”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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audience
98,113 corpus weight
- bay
bay
98,112 corpus weight
- blog
blog
98,111 corpus weight
- closer
closer
98,110 corpus weight
- core
core
98,109 corpus weight
- democratic
democratic
98,108 corpus weight
What this shows “closer” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | closer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkləʊ.sə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,891 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “closer”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around closer (IPA /ˈkləʊ.sə/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,891 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comparative form of close: more close".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for closer, with forms such as "ccloser", "clloser", and "cloesr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cover", "clove", "comer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is closer, spelled C-L-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1comparative form of close: more close
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how closer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the spring of 1938 the Japanese imperialists invaded Yü-tz'u and T'ai-ku in Shansi. Everyone was in panic as the flames of war came closer and closer to Hsiang-yüan hsien.
[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccloser
- clloser
- cloesr
- closerr
- closre
- closser
- clsoer
- colser
- lcoser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of closer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "closer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).