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“cooperativas” and “cooperativo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,817
“cooperativas” frequency rank
#21,618
“cooperativo” frequency rank
32435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cooperativas cooperativo
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cooperativo. Propio de, relativo a o perteneciente a la cooperación.

Where the eye mixes cooperativas and cooperativo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. cooperativas runs 12 letters (CVVCVCVCVCVC) against cooperativo's 11 (CVVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
cooperativas
11 ch
cooperativo

Why the eye confuses cooperativas with cooperativo

A purely visual mix-up. cooperativas ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞as]) and cooperativo ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cooperativas is recorded at frequency rank #10,817, classified as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞as]. cooperativo is at rank #21,618, tagged as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 32435, this pair ranks #201,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cooperativas vs cooperativo

Shared letters: aceioprtv. Private to "cooperativas": s. Private to "cooperativo": -.

"cooperativas" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "cooperativo" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cooperativasccooperativas · cooeprativas · coopeartivas · cooperaitvas · cooperatiavs · cooperatibas · cooperativass · cooperativsa
  • cooperativoccooperativo · cooeprativo · coopeartivo · cooperaitvo · cooperatibo · cooperatiov · cooperativvo · cooperattivo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cooperativas" for "cooperativo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞as] versus [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cooperativas" or "cooperativo" show up more?
"cooperativas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,817 in our Spanish list, against #21,618 for "cooperativo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cooperativas" and "cooperativo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cooperativo vs cooperativos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #201,978 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list