# closes

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkloʊzɪz/ · frequency rank #7,541

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of close

## Easily confused with
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-comes)
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-cross)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-costs)
- **Codes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-codes)
- **clues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clues)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-cores)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-cones)
- **coles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-coles)
- **clove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clove)
- **clouds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clouds)
- **closet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-closet)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-crises)
- **clowns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clowns)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clover)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-curses)
- **cloths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-cloths)
- **cloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-cloves)
- **Clovis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clovis)
- **clothes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-clothes)
- **closest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closes-vs-closest)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccloses`, `clloses`, `cloess`, `closess`, `closses`, `clsoes`, `colses`, `lcoses`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/closes