composteur
\kɔ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\
The verdict
“composteur” is uncommon French (frequency #62,878 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,878
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument sur lequel le compositeur arrange les lettres, pour former des lignes toujours égales, d’après la longueur déterminée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-composteur · composteur · French
composteur · rank #62,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,878
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH comorienne
Nearest frequency peer: comorienne (-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 « composteur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- comices
comices
37,126 corpus weight
- commenta
commenta
37,125 corpus weight
- comorienne
comorienne
37,124 corpus weight
- composteur
composteur
37,123 corpus weight
- compotes
compotes
37,122 corpus weight
- comprendrons
comprendrons
37,121 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « composteur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | composteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « composteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
composteur is uncommon French at frequency #62,878 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.pɔs.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for composteur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is composteur, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Instrument sur lequel le compositeur arrange les lettres, pour former des lignes toujours égales, d’après la longueur déterminée.
- 2Appareil qui valide, qui composte les billets de train, les tickets de loterie, etc.
- 3Cuve dans laquelle l’on met les débris végétaux à composter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how composteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La distance qui se trouve sur le composteur entre sa tête et la tête de la coulisse inférieure, fixe la longueur de chaque ligne; et c’est ce qu’on nomme la Justification.
Pritchard quitta son habit, retroussa les manches de sa chemise, et prenant un composteur, il composa l’article de Benoît.
This word in other languages
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 "composteur"?
What does "composteur" mean?
How do you pronounce "composteur"?
What language does "composteur" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "composteur", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).