kooperativevskooperativenConfusable pair

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.

11 ch
kooperative
12 ch
kooperativen

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?
No. They are said differently ([ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvə] versus [ˌkoʔopəʁaˈtiːvn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "kooperative" vs "kooperativen" - which ranks higher?
"kooperative" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,681 in our German list, against #38,232 for "kooperativen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list