Which to use
“composée” is a noun and “composez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,597
- “composée” frequency rank
- #43,352
- “composez” frequency rank
- 46949
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | composée | composez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante de la famille des Composées, aujourd'hui Astéracées. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de composer. |
Same sound, different letters: composée vs composez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: composée vs composez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: composée and composez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kɔ̃.po.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
composée is recorded at frequency rank #3,597, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.po.ze\. composez is at rank #43,352, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ̃.po.ze\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46949, this pair ranks #190,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of composée vs composez
Shared letters: cemops. Private to "composée": é. Private to "composez": z.
"composée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "composez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- composez ← ccomposez · cmoposez · commposez · comopsez · compoesz · composezz · compossez · composze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "composée" for "composez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "composée" vs "composez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "composée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "composez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "composée" and "composez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "compos vs composez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #190,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.