compositor

noun

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The verdict

“compositor” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,154. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,154
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que compõe

Corpus desk

Index PT-compositor · compositor · Portuguese

compositor · rank #6,154 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,154
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH coberta

Nearest frequency peer: coberta (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “compositor”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

compositor vs composto
80% similar

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

Key facts for compositor
PropertyValue
Headwordcompositor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,154
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “compositor”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).compositorcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “coberta” (#6,153), “concorrer” (#6,155), “Christian” (#6,152). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “compositor” fica em #6,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around compositor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,154 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for compositor, with forms such as "ccompositor", "cmopositor", and "commpositor". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "composto", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is compositor, spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que compõe
  2. 2
    profissional que digita e/ou dá forma ao texto a utilizar em publicações impressas ou digitais
  3. 3
    árbitro numa contenda
  4. 4
    aquele que escreve música; autor de música

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. compositor manual: o que junta e ordena os caracteres móveis, em chumbo ou em madeira, de forma a originar linhas
  2. compositor mecânico: o mesmo que linotipista

This word in other languages

compositor(English)tipógrafo(Español)compositeur(Français)Setzer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompositor
  • cmopositor
  • commpositor
  • comopsitor
  • compoistor
  • composiotr
  • compositorr
  • compositro
  • composittor
  • compossitor
  • compostior
  • comppositor
  • compsoitor
  • copmositor
  • ocmpositor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of compositor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccompositor1cmopositor2commpositor1comopsitor2compoistor2composiotr2compositorr1compositro2
Edit distance from "compositor"

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 "compositor"?
"compositor" is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-O-R.
What does "compositor" mean?
As a noun, "compositor" means: aquele que compõe
What words are commonly confused with "compositor"?
"compositor" is commonly confused with "composto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "compositor" come from?
"compositor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

apropriado#6,140satisfação#6,118ignorância#6,076finalidade#6,065

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

testamento15 variantsobrigatório15 variantsconfirmação15 variantssurgimento15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list