composée

\kɔ̃.po.ze\

/\kɔ̃.po.ze\/ noun

The verdict

“composée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,597
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Composées, aujourd'hui Astéracées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-composee · composée · French

composée · rank #3,597 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,597
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH citer

Nearest frequency peer: citer (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “composée”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “composée” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

composée vs compote
75% similar
composée vs compost
75% similar
composée vs composer
75% similar

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

Key facts for composée
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.po.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,597
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “composée” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).composéese 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 « citer » (#3,596), « comprennent » (#3,598), « censé » (#3,595). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around composée (IPA \kɔ̃.po.ze\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,597 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for composée, with forms such as "ccomposée", "cmoposée", and "commposée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "compote", "compost", "composer", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is composée, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des Composées, aujourd'hui Astéracées.
  2. 2
    Fonction composée, c’est-à-dire obtenue par composition de deux fonctions.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voici une composée que je n'arrive pas à déterminer, prise le 15 mai dans un lieu sec et rocailleux.
  2. A Mayence se trouve une colonie sarmatique intéressante où les sables portent des Stipa et diverses Composées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomposée
  • cmoposée
  • commposée
  • comopsée
  • composee
  • composeé
  • compossée
  • compoése
  • compposée
  • compsoée
  • copmosée
  • ocmposée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of composée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccomposée1cmoposée2commposée1comopsée2composee1composeé2compossée1compoése2
Edit distance from "composée"

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 "composée"?
"composée" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.po.ze\.
What does "composée" mean?
As a noun, "composée" means: Plante de la famille des Composées, aujourd'hui Astéracées.
What words are commonly confused with "composée"?
"composée" is commonly confused with "compote", "compost", "composer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "composée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composée" 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 "composée" come from?
"composée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list