compo
/kɒm.pəʊ/
"compo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“compo” is uncommon English (frequency #64,279 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,279
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of compensation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-compo · compo · English
compo · rank #64,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,279
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH comparability
Nearest frequency peer: comparability (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “compo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Comintern
Comintern
35,724 corpus weight
- comparabili…
comparability
35,723 corpus weight
- compo
compo
35,722 corpus weight
- consistory
consistory
35,721 corpus weight
- constitutio…
constitutionalism
35,720 corpus weight
- constrict
constrict
35,719 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “compo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒm.pəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “compo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
compo is uncommon English at frequency #64,279 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒm.pəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for compo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is compo, spelled C-O-M-P-O.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of compensation.
- 2Abbreviation of compensation.
- 3Abbreviation of composition.
- 4Abbreviation of composition.
- 5Abbreviation of composition.
- 6Abbreviation of composition.
- 7Abbreviation of competition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how compo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.
Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.
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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