décomposer
\de.kɔ̃.pɔ.ze\
The verdict
“décomposer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #31,459 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #31,459
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diviser un corps en ses éléments composants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décomposer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kɔ̃.pɔ.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #31,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décomposer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for décomposer is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.kɔ̃.pɔ.ze\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,459 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 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 décomposer, with forms such as "dcéomposer", "ddécomposer", and "decomposer". 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. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is décomposer, spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Diviser un corps en ses éléments composants.
- 2Considérer un phénomène physique comme le produit de la coexistence de plusieurs phénomènes partiels ayant des directions et des intensités diverses que les principes de la mécanique enseignent à déterminer.
- 3Enlever les caractères des formes quand le tirage d’un ouvrage est terminé.
- 4Altérer une substance par la désorganisation de ses éléments, qui est ordinairement suivie de putréfaction.
- 5Provoquer l’altération des traits du visage par l’effet d'une passion violente, de la maladie, de la mort.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dcéomposer,ddécomposer,decomposer,déccomposer,décmoposer,décommposer,décomopser,décompoesr,décomposerr,décomposre,décomposser,décompposer,décompsoer,décopmoser,déocmposer,édcomposer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décomposer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “décomposer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kɔ̃.pɔ.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.