composter

\kɔ̃.pɔs.te\

/\kɔ̃.pɔs.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“composter” is uncommon French (frequency #72,203 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,203
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amender une terre avec du compost.

Corpus desk

Index FR-composter · composter · French

composter · rank #72,203 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,203
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH complexificat…

Nearest frequency peer: complexification (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « composter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « composter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for composter
PropertyValue
Headwordcomposter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.pɔs.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#72,203
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « composter » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).compostertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « complexification » (#72,202), « concoctée » (#72,204), « comparison » (#72,201). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « composter » est au #72,203. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

composter is uncommon French at frequency #72,203 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.pɔs.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

composter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is composter, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amender une terre avec du compost.
  2. 2
    Faire du compost avec des matières biodégradables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est préférable de composter le fumier dès sa sortie de l'étable.
  2. Quand on composte un mélange de déchets organiques, la décomposition devient plus facile et de ce fait le produit final est mieux équilibré.

This word in other languages

kompostieren(Deutsch)

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 "composter"?
"composter" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.pɔs.te\.
What does "composter" mean?
As a verb, "composter" means: Amender une terre avec du compost.
How do you pronounce "composter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composter" is \kɔ̃.pɔs.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "composter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

concoctée#72,204congédiés#72,209conspirer#72,212contreras#72,218

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list