# foreclosure

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #16,918

## Definitions
1. The proceeding, by a creditor, to regain property or other collateral following a default on mortgage payments.
2. The absence of a symbolic father for a fatherless child, as a cause for psychosis.

## Etymology
From foreclose by analogy with closure, equivalent to fore- + closure.

## Common misspellings (16)
`fforeclosure`, `foerclosure`, `forcelosure`, `forecclosure`, `forecllosure`, `foreclosrue`, `foreclossure`, `foreclosuer`, `foreclosurre`, `foreclousre`, `foreclsoure`, `forecolsure`, `forelcosure`, `forreclosure`, `froeclosure`, `ofreclosure`

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