component
com·po·nent/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/noun, adjective
component is spelled C-O-M-P-O-N-E-N-T, 3 syllables: com·po·nent. The wrong spelling people search most is componant: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Component is a noun meaning “A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a…”. The plural of component is components.
How many letters and syllables are in component?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-P-O-N-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: com·po·nent |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, componant, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell component?
Component is spelled C-O-M-P-O-N-E-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 30 of the searches for component in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is component?
Component appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce component?
- UK /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
- US /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
- Canada /kəmˈpoʊ.nɪnt/
Component has 3 syllables, split com·po·nent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-component.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with component?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as component from its last stressed vowel (/oʊnənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of component
- components plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does component mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
A CPU is a component of a computer.
- 2
A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
adjective
- 1
Making up a larger whole.
a component word
- 2
Made up of smaller complete units in combination.
a component stereo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Component in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense smaller, self-contained part of larger entity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | composant |
| German | Komponente, Komponenten |
| Portuguese | componente |
| Spanish | componente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does component come from?
Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).