cooptación

[koopt̪aˈsjõn]

/[koopt̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“cooptación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,685 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,685
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de cooptar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cooptacion · cooptación · Spanish

cooptación · rank #88,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,685
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH contribuyera

Nearest frequency peer: contribuyera (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cooptación”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cooptación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cooptación
PropertyValue
Headwordcooptación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[koopt̪aˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,685
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cooptación” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cooptacióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “contribuyera” (#88,684), “coordinen” (#88,686), “contracultural” (#88,683). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cooptación” va en #88,685. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cooptación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,685 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koopt̪aˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de cooptar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cooptación, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cooptación, spelled C-O-O-P-T-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de cooptar.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cooptación"?
"cooptación" is spelled C-O-O-P-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [koopt̪aˈsjõn].
What does "cooptación" mean?
As a noun, "cooptación" means: Acción o efecto de cooptar.
How do you pronounce "cooptación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cooptación" is [koopt̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cooptación" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cooptación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list