composer

\kɔ̃.po.ze\

/\kɔ̃.po.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“composer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,412. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,412
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Former un tout de l’assemblage de plusieurs parties, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales.

Corpus desk

Index FR-composer · composer · French

composer · rank #7,412 · 12 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,412
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH compositeur

Nearest frequency peer: compositeur (+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 « composer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « composer » 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).

composer vs compter
75% similar
composer vs compote
75% similar
composer vs compost
75% similar

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

Key facts for composer
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.po.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,412
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « composer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).composerse 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 « compositeur » (#7,413), « chapitres » (#7,410), « compétitions » (#7,414). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « composer » est au #7,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around composer (IPA \kɔ̃.po.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,412 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for composer, with forms such as "ccomposer", "cmoposer", and "commposer". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "compter", "compote", "compost", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is composer, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Former un tout de l’assemblage de plusieurs parties, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales.
  2. 2
    Assembler les caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages.
  3. 3
    Faire ou produire un ouvrage d’esprit.
  4. 4
    Arranger, disposer, bien ou mal, un discours, un poème, un tableau, etc.
  5. 5
    Faire un devoir donné par le professeur pour le concours des places.
  6. 6
    Produire un air, un chant, qui sera destiné à être exécuté.
  7. 7
    Utiliser un instrument de musique pour créer de la musique.
  8. 8
    Préparer, arranger son apparence, selon l’état où l’on veut paraître, selon l’effet que l’on veut produire.
  9. 9
    S’accommoder, s’accorder sur quelque différend, en traiter à l’amiable.
  10. 10
    S’arranger, faire avec, s’accorder avec, négocier avec.
  11. 11
    Être composé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Composer un remède avec divers ingrédients. - Toutes les pièces qui composent cette machine. - Composer un mot avec d’autres mots.
  2. Bientôt, je composai son numéro.

Synonyms

transigermettre de l’eau dans son vin

This word in other languages

comprise(English)componer(Español)verfassen(Deutsch)compor(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccomposer
  • cmoposer
  • commposer
  • comopser
  • compoesr
  • composerr
  • composre
  • composser
  • compposer
  • compsoer
  • copmoser
  • ocmposer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of composer - 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.

ccomposer1cmoposer2commposer1comopser2compoesr2composerr1composre2composser1
Edit distance from "composer"

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 "composer"?
"composer" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.po.ze\.
What does "composer" mean?
As a verb, "composer" means: Former un tout de l’assemblage de plusieurs parties, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales.
What words are commonly confused with "composer"?
"composer" is commonly confused with "compter", "compote", "compost". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "composer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composer" 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 "composer" come from?
"composer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list