Which to use
“Kooperationen” is a noun and “kooperativen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,611
- “Kooperationen” frequency rank
- #38,232
- “kooperativen” frequency rank
- 52843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kooperationen | kooperativen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kooperation | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kooperativ |
Where the eye mixes Kooperationen and kooperativen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. Kooperationen runs 13 letters (CVVCVCVCVVCVC) against kooperativen's 12 (CVVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Kooperationen vs kooperativen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Kooperationen is [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːnən] while kooperativen is [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kooperationen is recorded at frequency rank #14,611, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːnən]. kooperativen is at rank #38,232, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvn̩].
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 52843, this pair ranks #1,081,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Kooperationen vs kooperativen
Shared letters: aeiknoprt. Private to "Kooperationen": -. Private to "kooperativen": v.
"Kooperationen" · 13 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVVCVC · "kooperativen" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Kooperationen ← kkooperationen · kooeprationen · koopeartionen · kooperaitonen · kooperatinoen · kooperatioenn · kooperationenn · kooperationne
- kooperativen ← kkooperativen · kooeprativen · koopeartiven · kooperaitven · kooperatievn · kooperativenn · kooperativne · kooperativven
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Kooperationen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kooperativen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,081,144 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kooperationen" and "kooperativen" 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 #1,081,144 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.