Which to use
“kooperative” and “kooperativen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,681
- “kooperative” frequency rank
- #38,232
- “kooperativen” frequency rank
- 71913
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kooperative | kooperativen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kooperativ | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kooperativ |
Where the eye mixes kooperative and kooperativen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. kooperative runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVCVCV) against kooperativen's 12 (CVVCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between kooperative and kooperativen
A purely visual mix-up. kooperative ([ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvə]) and kooperativen ([ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “kooperative” sits inside “kooperativen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71913, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kooperative is recorded at frequency rank #33,681, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvə]. 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 71913, this pair ranks #403,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of kooperative vs kooperativen
Shared letters: aeikoprtv. Private to "kooperative": -. Private to "kooperativen": n.
"kooperative" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCV · "kooperativen" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- kooperative ← kkooperative · kooeprative · koopeartive · kooperaitve · kooperatiev · kooperativve · kooperattive · kooperatvie
- kooperativen ← kkooperativen · kooeprativen · koopeartiven · kooperaitven · kooperatievn · kooperativenn · kooperativne · kooperativven
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "kooperative" and "kooperativen" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "kooperative" vs "kooperativen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "kooperative" and "kooperativen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kooperative" 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 #403,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kooperative" and "kooperativen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kooperativ 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 #403,197 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.