cooperage
noun
cooperage is spelled C-O-O-P-E-R-A-G-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cooperage means “The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cooperage is cooperages.
How many letters and syllables are in cooperage?
| Letters | 9: C-O-O-P-E-R-A-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cooperage?
Cooperage appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 cooperage?
Cooperage has 3 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).
Forms of cooperage
- cooperages plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cooperage mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker).
- 2
The price paid to a cooper for work carried out.
- 3
A cooper's workshop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cooperage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the trade of a cooper:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | tanoa |
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 cooperage come from?
From cooper + -age.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).