composing
/kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/adjective, verb
composing is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, composing means “Conducive of a composed state, relaxing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in composing?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-P-O-S-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th 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 composing?
Composing appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 composing?
- US /kəmˈpoʊzɪŋ/
- UK /kəmˈpəʊzɪŋ/
Composing 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-composing.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with composing?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as composing from its last stressed vowel (/oʊzɪŋ/):
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 composing
- more composing comparative
- most composing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does composing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Conducive of a composed state, relaxing.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of compose
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).