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co-operative

adjective, noun

co-operative is an adjective meaning “Alternative spelling of cooperative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-V-E and has 5 syllables.

What does co-operative mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of cooperative.

adjective

as co-öperative
  1. 1

    rareRare spelling of cooperative.

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of cooperative.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce co-operative?

  • US

Co-operative has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-co-operative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of co-operative

  • more co-operative comparative
  • most co-operative superlative
  • co-operatives plural
  • more co-öperative comparative
  • most co-öperative superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with co-operative

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

co-operative vs cooperative0 B

Also written: cooperative (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does co-operative come from?

From co- + operative with a diaeresis and hyphen applied.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).