composition
\kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“composition” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,564 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,564
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de composer quelque chose.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | composition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #2,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “composition” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for composition is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,564 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 19 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for composition, with forms such as "ccomposition", "cmoposition", and "commposition". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "compositions", "compétition", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is composition, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de composer quelque chose.
- 2Résultat de cette action de composer ; assemblage de plusieurs parties qui ne font qu’un tout.
- 3Arrangement des caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages.
- 4Juxtaposition de deux mots existant déjà dans une langue pour en former un nouveau.
- 5Action de mélanger et d’unir certaines substances, et du résultat de cette action.
- 6Préparation faite pour imiter certaines choses, principalement les pierreries, les perles, l’or ou l’argent.
- 7Ensemble des modifications que s’impose un comédien pour interpréter un personnage.
- 8Action de composer un ouvrage de l’esprit.
- 9Ouvrage d’un écrivain ou d’un artiste.
- 10Devoir que fait un écolier sur le sujet qui lui est donné par son professeur et spécialement pour un concours.
- 11Il s’emploie, dans un sens analogue, en parlant de Musique, de Peinture, etc.
- 12En termes de littérature et de beaux-arts.
- 13Il se dit particulièrement de l’art d’unir les différentes parties de la musique, suivant les règles, par exemple, l’accompagnement et la mélodie.
- 14Accommodement dans lequel l’une des deux parties, ou toutes les deux ensemble, se relâchent plus ou moins de leurs prétentions.
- 15Indemnité pécuniaire, que l’auteur d’une offense ou attentat devait payer à l’offensé, ou en cas de mort à sa famille.
- 16Opération qui, à deux fonctions f et g bien choisies, associe la fonction h (usuellement notée g∘f) telle que pour tout x, h(x)=g(f(x)). Elle a pour symbole ∘.
- 17Manière de combiner des objets simples pour en former de plus complexes.
- 18Composition d’images.
- 19Proportions des différentes essences présentes dans un peuplement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccomposition,cmoposition,commposition,comopsition,compoistion,composiiton,compositino,compositionn,compositoin,composittion,compossition,compostiion,compposition,compsoition,copmosition,ocmposition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of composition - 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.
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.
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Using “composition”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “compositions” - see the side-by-side comparison. composition vs compositions
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.