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composite

/kəmˈpɑzɪt/adjective, noun, verb

composite is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, composite means “Made up of multiple components; compound or complex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in composite?

Letters9: C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 composite?

Composite appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 composite?

  • UK /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/
  • US /kəmˈpɑzɪt/
  • Canada /ˈkɒmpəzɪt/

Composite 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-composite.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-composite.wav, En-ca-composite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with composite?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as composite from its last stressed vowel (/ɑzɪt/):

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 composite

  • more composite comparative
  • most composite superlative
  • composites plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • compositing participle, present
  • composited participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does composite mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.

  2. 2

    Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.

  3. 3

    Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.

  4. 4

    Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.

  5. 5

    Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.

    composite portraiture; a composite photograph

noun

  1. 1

    A mixture of different components.

  2. 2

    A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.

  3. 3

    A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

  4. 4

    A function of a function.

  5. 5

    Clipping of composite number.

  6. 6

    A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.

  7. 7

    UKA railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.

  8. 8

    A framed photo board composed of many individual photos of fraternity or sorority members.

verb

  1. 1

    To make a composite.

    I composited an image using computer software.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Composite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanzusammengesetzt (made up of multiple components; compound or…), Kombination, Mixtur, Mischung (mixture of different components), Verbundwerkstoff, Compound (structural material that gains its strength…)
Portuguesecomposto (made up of multiple components; compound or…)
Spanishcompuesto, composite (made up of multiple components; compound or…)
Frenchcomposer (to make a composite)

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 composite come from?

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of compōnō (“put together”). Doublet of compost, compote, and kompot.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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