coop
co·op/kup/noun, verb
coop is spelled C-O-O-P: 4 letters and 2 syllables (co·op). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “co-op vs coop” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, coop means “A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of coop is coops.
How many letters and syllables are in coop?
| Letters | 4: C-O-O-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: co·op |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is coop?
Coop appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce coop?
- UK /kuːp/
- US /kup/
- Australia /kʉːp/
As a noun (“A cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to…”): /kuːp/, /kaʊp/.
As a noun (“Alternative form of co-op”): /ˈkəʊ.ɒp/, /ˈkoʊ.ɑp/.
Coop has 2 syllables, split co·op in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coupe.wav, En-au-coop.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-coop_(co-op).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with coop
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: coupe (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: co-op (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with coop?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as coop from its last stressed vowel (/up/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of coop
- coops plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cooping participle, present
- cooped participle, past
- coup
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does coop mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- 2
A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
- 3
slangA narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wiſh to ſhine, the thirſt to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ſuch h
- 4
obsoleteA barrel or cask for holding liquids.
- 5
An obstacle for a horse to jump over, shaped like an A-frame.
- 6
ScotlandA cart with sides and ends made from boards, enabling it to carry manure, etc.
- 7
ScotlandA cart which opens at the back to release its load; a tumbril.
- 8
ScotlandA small heap.
- 9
Alternative form of co-op.
verb
- 1
To keep in a coop.
- 2
To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
But the contempt of all other knowledge, as if it were nothing in comparison of law or physic, of astronomy or chemistry, or perhaps some yet meaner part of knowledge, wherein I have got some smattering, or am somewhat advanced, is not only
- 3
To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
- 4
slangOf a police officer: to sleep or relax while on duty.
- 5
obsoleteTo make or repair barrels, casks and other wooden vessels; to work upon in the manner of a cooper.
noun
- 1
Dated spelling of co-op.
noun
- 1
Initialism of cross-origin opener policy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Coop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense enclosure for birds:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poulailler |
| German | Vogelheim, Hühnerstall |
| Portuguese | galinheiro |
| Spanish | gallinero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does coop come from?
From Middle English cǒupe, cupe, from Old English cȳpe (“basket, cask”) or possibly from Middle Dutch cûpe (compare modern Dutch kuip, Saterland Frisian kupe, Middle Low German kûpe), from Old Saxon *kûpa, côpa (“cask”) (compare Middle Low German kôpe, Old High German chôfa, chuofa, Middle High German kuofe, modern regional German Kufe f (“cask”)), probably from Latin cūpa, Medieval Latin cōpa (“cask”) (thus a doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve). However, the Oxford English Dictionary notes that if the word is from Latin, “it is difficult to account for the umlaut in Old English cýpe”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).