afsluiten
The verdict
“afsluiten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fermer, fermer à clé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-afsluiten · afsluiten · French
afsluiten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | afsluiten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
afsluiten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for afsluiten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is afsluiten, spelled A-F-S-L-U-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fermer, fermer à clé.
- 2Contracter, s'engager, souscrire, prendre.
- 3Cesser, finir, terminer, clore.
- 4Barrer, obturer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how afsluiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deze computer afsluiten.
De Beurs sloot dalend af.
Synonyms
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.