compositor
/kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/
"compositor" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“compositor” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,404 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #79,404
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who sets type; a typesetter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | compositor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “compositor” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for compositor is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #79,404 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for compositor in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French compositeur, from Latin compositor. The correct English form is compositor, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1A person who sets type; a typesetter.
- 2One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
- 3A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.
Etymology
From French compositeur, from Latin compositor.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “compositor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.