composé

/\kɔ̃.po.ze\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,219

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

composé is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est formé par la réunion d’éléments divers. Pronounced \kɔ̃.po.ze\. It ranks #2,219 in French word frequency. Often confused with compte and coupole.

Key facts for composé
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.po.ze\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,219
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of composé in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for composé is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.po.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,219 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for composé, with forms such as "ccomposé", "cmoposé", and "commposé". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "compte", "coupole", "compote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is composé, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est formé par la réunion d’éléments divers.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un mot formé de deux ou de plusieurs mots joints.
  3. 3
    Qualifie le temps d’un verbe dans lequel le participe passé ou l’infinitif de ce verbe sont joints à un verbe auxiliaire.
  4. 4
    Qualifie l’organe d’une plante, lorsqu’il est divisé.
  5. 5
    Qualifie l’organe d’une plante, lorsqu’il est divisé.
  6. 6
    Qualifie l’organe d’une plante, lorsqu’il est divisé.
  7. 7
    Qualifie l’organe d’une plante, lorsqu’il est divisé.
  8. 8
    Qualifie un mouvement qui résulte de plusieurs autres mouvements.
  9. 9
    Formé de deux ou de plusieurs éléments mathématiques sous-jacents.
  10. 10
    Composite.
  11. 11
    Qui affecte d’avoir un air grave, un air sérieux, en parlant des personnes.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomposé,cmoposé,commposé,comopsé,compose,compossé,compoés,compposé,compsoé,copmosé,ocmposé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for composé

Misspelling Variants of "composé"

ccomposé8cmoposé7commposé8comopsé7compose7compossé8compoés7compposé8
Misspelling Variants of "composé"

Frequency rank: #2,219 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "composé"?
"composé" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.po.ze\.
What does "composé" mean?
As an adj, "composé" means: Qui est formé par la réunion d’éléments divers.
What words are commonly confused with "composé"?
"composé" is commonly confused with "compte", "coupole", "compote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "composé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composé" is \kɔ̃.po.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "composé" come from?
"composé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.