Kooperation
[ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kooperation” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,264 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,264
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zusammenbringen von Handlungen zweier oder mehrerer Personen (Systeme), sodass die Wirkungen der Handlungen zum Nutzen aller dieser Personen (Systeme) führen
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kooperation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #3,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kooperation” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kooperation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,264 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zusammenbringen von Handlungen zweier oder mehrerer Personen (Systeme), sodass die Wirkungen der Handlungen zum Nutzen aller dieser Personen (Systeme) führen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kooperation, with forms such as "kkooperation", "kooepration", and "koopeartion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "kooperativ", "kooperative", "kooperativen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kooperation, spelled K-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zusammenbringen von Handlungen zweier oder mehrerer Personen (Systeme), sodass die Wirkungen der Handlungen zum Nutzen aller dieser Personen (Systeme) führen
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkooperation,kooepration,koopeartion,kooperaiton,kooperatino,kooperationn,kooperatoin,kooperattion,kooperration,koopertaion,koopperation,koopreation,koperation,kopoeration,okoperation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kooperation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kooperation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌkoʔopeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “kooperativ” - see the side-by-side comparison. Kooperation vs kooperativ
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.