composa

\kɔ̃.po.za\

/\kɔ̃.po.za\/ verb

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The verdict

“composa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,894
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de composer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-composa · composa · French

composa · rank #31,894 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,894
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conciliant

Nearest frequency peer: conciliant (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « composa »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « composa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

composa vs compta
71% similar
composa vs composé
86% similar
composa vs compote
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for composa
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposa
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.po.za\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,894
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « composa »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).composase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conciliant » (#31,895), « collait » (#31,892), « concis » (#31,896). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « composa » est au #31,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around composa (IPA \kɔ̃.po.za\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,894 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de composer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for composa, with forms such as "ccomposa", "cmoposa", and "commposa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "compta", "composé", "compote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is composa, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de composer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how composa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vers la même époque , M. Mickiewicz composa cette belle Casside orientale, intitulée Pharis, poésie ardente et fougueuse comme le cheval arabe dont elle peint la course rapide, et qui égale en vigueur de ton et de coloris le Mazeppa de Byron.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomposa
  • cmoposa
  • commposa
  • comopsa
  • compoas
  • compossa
  • compposa
  • compsoa
  • copmosa
  • ocmposa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of composa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccomposa1cmoposa2commposa1comopsa2compoas2compossa1compposa1compsoa2
Edit distance from "composa"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "composa"?
"composa" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.po.za\.
What does "composa" mean?
As a verb, "composa" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de composer.
What words are commonly confused with "composa"?
"composa" is commonly confused with "compta", "composé", "compote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "composa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composa" is \kɔ̃.po.za\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "composa" come from?
"composa" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "composa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

collait#31,892Coralie#31,900ciblant#31,882chercha#31,880

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

classeur10 variantsdiction10 variantsbanales10 variantsexégèse10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list