compositor
/kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/noun
compositor is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, compositor means “A person who sets type; a typesetter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of compositor is compositors.
How many letters and syllables are in compositor?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is compositor?
Compositor appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 compositor?
- /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-compositor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of compositor
- compositors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does compositor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who sets type; a typesetter.
- 2
One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
I work as an image compositor.
- 3
A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does compositor come from?
From French compositeur, from Latin compositor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).