closing
/ˈkloʊzɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
closing is spelled C-L-O-S-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, closing means “The act by which something is closed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of closing is closings.
How many letters and syllables are in closing?
| Letters | 7: C-L-O-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 29 times per million words; the 3,218th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is closing?
Closing appears 29 times per million words in written English, the 3,218th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce closing?
- UK /ˈkləʊzɪŋ/
- US /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/
Closing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-closing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with closing?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as closing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzɪŋ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of closing
- closings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does closing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act by which something is closed.
openings and closings of doors
- 2
The end or conclusion of something.
the closing of a popular play
- 3
The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.
- 4
In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.
I'd like to add some closing words.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of close
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Closing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.