closing time
"closing-time" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“closing time” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | closing time |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “closing time” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
closing time is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for closing time, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is closing time, spelled C-L-O-S-I-N-G- -T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
- 2Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
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 “closing time”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-S-I-N-G- -T-I-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.