kloyz
/klɔɪz/
"kloyz" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kloyz” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning
Corpus desk
Index EN-kloyz · kloyz · English
kloyz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kloyz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /klɔɪz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kloyz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kloyz is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /klɔɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning".
kloyz has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish קלויז (kloyz), from Middle High German klūse (“hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling”), from Old High German klūsa, from Proto-West Germanic *klūsā, from Latin clūsa (“something closed”). Cognate with German Klause, Dutch kluis, Old E… The correct English form is kloyz, spelled K-L-O-Y-Z.
Definition
- 1a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning
Etymology
From Yiddish קלויז (kloyz), from Middle High German klūse (“hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling”), from Old High German klūsa, from Proto-West Germanic *klūsā, from Latin clūsa (“something closed”). Cognate with German Klause, Dutch kluis, Old English clūse.
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.