coop
/kuːp/
"coop" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coop” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,874 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,874
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
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 | coop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuːp/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #16,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coop” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coop is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kuːp/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,874 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for coop, with forms such as "ccoop", "coopp", and "copo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cp", "cup", "cop", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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 … The correct English form is coop, spelled C-O-O-P.
Definition
- 1A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- 2A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
- 3A narrow place of confinement, a cage; a jail, a prison.
- 4A barrel or cask for holding liquids.
- 5An obstacle for a horse to jump over, shaped like an A-frame.
Etymology
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”.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoop,coopp,copo,ocop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coop - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuːp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cp” - see the side-by-side comparison. coop vs cp
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.