composição

Name: composição, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“composição” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,463. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,463
frequency rank, Portuguese: 2,140
“C” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de compor

Corpus desk

Index PT-composicao · composição · Portuguese

composição · rank #3,463 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #3,463
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 2,140
PHOTO-FINISH chamo

Nearest frequency peer: chamo (-2 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.

bordo

96,545
brilhante

96,544
carteira

96,542
chamo

96,540
composição

96,538
distante

96,533

What this shows “composição” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

composição vs competição

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for composição
Property	Value
Headword	composição
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#3,463
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “composição”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.composiçãocai aqui:

#3,463

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “chamo” (#3,461), “carteira” (#3,459), “distante” (#3,468). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “composição” fica em #3,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around composição (IPA /kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,463 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for composição, with forms such as "ccomposição", "cmoposição", and "commposição". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "competição", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is composição, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

1
ato ou efeito de compor
2
união de vários elementos para formar um elemento maior ou mais complexo
3
texto subordinado a um tema; redação
4
o conjunto de carruagens e locomotivas que constituem um comboio/trem
5
conjunto de caracteres, dispostos de forma coerente e esteticamente cuidada, destinado a impressão
6
qualquer obra musical
7
proporção em que os elementos entram numa mistura

This word in other languages

composition(English)composition(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccomposição
cmoposição
commposição
comopsição
compoisção
composiãço
composiçoã
compossição
composçião
compposição
compsoição
copmosição
ocmposição

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "composição"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "composição"?

"composição" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

What does "composição" mean?

As a noun, "composição" means: ato ou efeito de compor

What words are commonly confused with "composição"?

"composição" is commonly confused with "competição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "composição"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "composição" is /kõ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "composição" come from?

"composição" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

construído#3,545 contribuir#3,546 determinar#3,550 reportagem#3,583

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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