cloture
/ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/
"cloture" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cloture” is uncommon English (frequency #62,777 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,777
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the U...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloture |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cloture” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cloture is uncommon English at frequency #62,777 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the U...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cloture, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure. The correct English form is cloture, spelled C-L-O-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
Etymology
Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cloture”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.