compositrice

\kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\

/\kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“compositrice” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,717
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui compose en musique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-compositrice · compositrice · French

compositrice · rank #38,717 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,717
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comportementa…

Nearest frequency peer: comportementales (-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 « compositrice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « compositrice » 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
Key facts for compositrice
PropertyValue
Headwordcompositrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#38,717
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « compositrice »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compositricese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comportementales » (#38,716), « comptabiliser » (#38,718), « compensées » (#38,715). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « compositrice » est au #38,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around compositrice (IPA \kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,717 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for compositrice, with forms such as "ccompositrice", "cmopositrice", and "commpositrice". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 compositrice, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui compose en musique.
  2. 2
    Autrice d’une œuvre artistique.
  3. 3
    Celle qui assemble, qui arrange les caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les compositrices nées au début du xxᵉ siècle revendiquent ou ont longtemps revendiqué le nom de « compositeur », car elles ne souhaitaient pas que leurs œuvres soient considérées comme des « œuvres de femmes », et voulaient être reconnues comme compositeurs à part entière, capables de réussir au même titre que les hommes. Elles refusaient le terme compos…
  2. Pour les plus grands, l’orchestre donne aussi, à 17 heures, un concert autour d’œuvres de Richard Strauss, Chostakovitch et Lili Boulanger, jeune compositrice morte à 24 ans.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompositrice
  • cmopositrice
  • commpositrice
  • comopsitrice
  • compoistrice
  • composirtice
  • compositirce
  • compositrcie
  • compositricce
  • compositriec
  • compositrrice
  • composittrice
  • compossitrice
  • compostirice
  • comppositrice
  • compsoitrice
  • copmositrice
  • ocmpositrice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompositrice1cmopositrice2commpositrice1comopsitrice2compoistrice2composirtice2compositirce2compositrcie2
Edit distance from "compositrice"

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 "compositrice"?
"compositrice" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\.
What does "compositrice" mean?
As a noun, "compositrice" means: Celle qui compose en musique.
What are common misspellings of "compositrice"?
Common misspellings include "ccompositrice", "cmopositrice", "commpositrice", "comopsitrice", "compoistrice". The correct spelling is "compositrice".
How do you pronounce "compositrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "compositrice" is \kɔ̃.po.zi.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "compositrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list