composer
/kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/noun
composer is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, composer means “One who composes; an author” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of composer is composers.
How many letters and syllables are in composer?
| Letters | 8: C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.1 times per million words; the 8,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is composer?
Composer appears 7.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,918th 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 composer?
- US /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/
- UK /kəmˈpəʊzə/
Composer has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-composer.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with composer?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as composer from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzəɹ/):
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 composer
- composers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does composer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who composes; an author.
- 2
Especially, one who composes music.
- 3
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end. Thou Great Composer of distracted states.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Composer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Autor , Komponist, Komponistin, Tondichter, Tondichterin, Tonkünstler |
| Portuguese | compositor, criador , compositora , acalmador |
| French | compositeur, compositrice |
| Spanish | compositor, compositora |
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 composer come from?
From compose + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).