composition

/\kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,564

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

composition is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de composer quelque chose. Pronounced \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #2,564 in French word frequency. Often confused with compositions and compétition.

Key facts for composition
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,564
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for composition is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for composition, with forms such as "ccomposition", "cmoposition", and "commposition". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "compositions", "compétition", 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 composition, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de composer quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Résultat de cette action de composer ; assemblage de plusieurs parties qui ne font qu’un tout.
  3. 3
    Arrangement des caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages.
  4. 4
    Juxtaposition de deux mots existant déjà dans une langue pour en former un nouveau.
  5. 5
    Action de mélanger et d’unir certaines substances, et du résultat de cette action.
  6. 6
    Préparation faite pour imiter certaines choses, principalement les pierreries, les perles, l’or ou l’argent.
  7. 7
    Ensemble des modifications que s’impose un comédien pour interpréter un personnage.
  8. 8
    Action de composer un ouvrage de l’esprit.
  9. 9
    Ouvrage d’un écrivain ou d’un artiste.
  10. 10
    Devoir que fait un écolier sur le sujet qui lui est donné par son professeur et spécialement pour un concours.
  11. 11
    Il s’emploie, dans un sens analogue, en parlant de Musique, de Peinture, etc.
  12. 12
    En termes de littérature et de beaux-arts.
  13. 13
    Il se dit particulièrement de l’art d’unir les différentes parties de la musique, suivant les règles, par exemple, l’accompagnement et la mélodie.
  14. 14
    Accommodement dans lequel l’une des deux parties, ou toutes les deux ensemble, se relâchent plus ou moins de leurs prétentions.
  15. 15
    Indemnité pécuniaire, que l’auteur d’une offense ou attentat devait payer à l’offensé, ou en cas de mort à sa famille.
  16. 16
    Opération 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 ∘.
  17. 17
    Manière de combiner des objets simples pour en former de plus complexes.
  18. 18
    Composition d’images.
  19. 19
    Proportions 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for composition

Misspelling Variants of "composition"

ccomposition12cmoposition11commposition12comopsition11compoistion11composiiton11compositino11compositionn12
Misspelling Variants of "composition"

Frequency rank: #2,564 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "composition"?
"composition" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "composition" mean?
As a noun, "composition" means: Action de composer quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "composition"?
"composition" is commonly confused with "compositions", "compétition". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "composition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composition" is \kɔ̃.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "composition" come from?
"composition" 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.