Which to use
“Kooperation” is a noun and “kooperative” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,264
- “Kooperation” frequency rank
- #33,681
- “kooperative” frequency rank
- 36945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kooperation | kooperative |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Zusammenbringen von Handlungen zweier oder mehrerer Personen (Systeme), sodass die Wirkungen der Handlungen zum Nutzen aller dieser Personen (Systeme) führen | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kooperativ |
Where the eye mixes Kooperation and kooperative
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Kooperation (CVVCVCVCVVC) and kooperative (CVVCVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses Kooperation with kooperative
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kooperation is [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] while kooperative is [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kooperation is recorded at frequency rank #3,264, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. kooperative is at rank #33,681, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvə].
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 36945, this pair ranks #1,602,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Kooperation vs kooperative
Shared letters: aeikoprt. Private to "Kooperation": n. Private to "kooperative": v.
"Kooperation" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVC · "kooperative" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Kooperation ← kkooperation · kooepration · koopeartion · kooperaiton · kooperatino · kooperationn · kooperatoin · kooperattion
- kooperative ← kkooperative · kooeprative · koopeartive · kooperaitve · kooperatiev · kooperativve · kooperattive · kooperatvie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Kooperation" for "kooperative" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "Kooperation" and "kooperative" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kooperation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kooperative" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,602,673 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kooperation" and "kooperative" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kooperative vs kooperativen". 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 #1,602,673 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.