closure
/ˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/noun, verb
closure is spelled C-L-O-S-U-R-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, closure means “An event or occurrence that signifies an ending” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of closure is closures.
How many letters and syllables are in closure?
| Letters | 7: C-L-O-S-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th 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 closure?
Closure appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th 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 closure?
- UK /ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/
- Australia /ˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/
Closure 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-closure.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with closure?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as closure from its last stressed vowel (/oʊʒəɹ/):
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 closure
- closures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- closuring participle, present
- closured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does closure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- 2
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
to find emotional closure
- 3
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- 4
An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
- 5
The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- 6
The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
7 THEOREM The closure of any set is the union of the set and the set of its accumulation points.
- 7
The act of shutting; a closing.
the closure of a door, or of a chink
- 8
The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
The closure of Hammersmith Bridge means road traffic has to use Chiswick and Putney Bridges instead.
verb
- 1
To end the parliamentary debate on (an issue) by closure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Closure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schließung , Abschluss , Schloss, Verschluss , Closure, Funktionsabschluss |
| Portuguese | encerramento, fecho, término , final, desfecho |
| Spanish | cierre, clausura , cerradura |
| French | fermeture |
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.
Where does closure come from?
From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).