# closing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkləʊzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,218

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is closed.
2. The end or conclusion of something.
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.

## Easily confused with
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-coming)
- **coding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-coding)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-coping)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-coking)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-cooling)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-cursing)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-cussing)
- **clothing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-clothing)
- **crossing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-crossing)
- **coloring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-coloring)
- **clotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-clotting)
- **clowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-clowning)
- **clouding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-clouding)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-closing)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-closing)
- **causing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/causing-vs-closing)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chasing-vs-closing)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-closing)
- **cloning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cloning-vs-closing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cclosing`, `cllosing`, `cloisng`, `closign`, `closingg`, `closinng`, `closnig`, `clossing`, `clsoing`, `colsing`, `lcosing`

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