co-op
/ˈkoʊˌɒp/
"co-op" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“co-op” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of a housing cooperative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-co-op · co-op · English
co-op · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | co-op |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkoʊˌɒp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “co-op” in English
Rare enough to double-check
co-op is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkoʊˌɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
co-op doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cooperative, by shortening. The correct English form is co-op, spelled C-O---O-P.
Definition
- 1A unit of a housing cooperative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
- 2Any cooperative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
- 3Any shop owned by a cooperative.
- 4A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how co-op appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Whereas condo residents own their apartment outright, co-op residents are shareholders in a company that owns their building and have a right to live in their apartment. As such, co-op owners have control over who they allow in.
Once or twice a week, Chris Wotton, an unemployed farm labourer who ran the coop, and some of the estate's older children, borrowed a van from Centerprise […]
Etymology
From cooperative, by shortening.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.