compositum
noun
compositum is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-U-M: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, compositum means “Given a field extension F/K and subextensions A and B, the smallest subextension that contains both A and B” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of compositum is compositums.
How many letters and syllables are in compositum?
| Letters | 10: C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th 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 compositum?
Compositum appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 compositum?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-compositum.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of compositum
- compositums plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does compositum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Given a field extension F/K and subextensions A and B, the smallest subextension that contains both A and B.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does compositum come from?
From Latin compositum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).