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

#10,817
“cooperativas” frequency rank
#42,913
“cooperativos” frequency rank
53730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cooperativas cooperativos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cooperativo. Forma del plural de cooperativo.

Where the eye mixes cooperativas and cooperativos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. cooperativas and cooperativos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
cooperativas
12 ch
cooperativos

Why the eye confuses cooperativas with cooperativos

A purely visual mix-up. cooperativas ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞as]) and cooperativos ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “cooperativas” becomes o in “cooperativos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53730, 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]. cooperativos is at rank #42,913, tagged as anadj, pronounced [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 53730, this pair ranks #86,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cooperativas vs cooperativos

Shared letters: aceioprstv. Private to "cooperativas": -. Private to "cooperativos": -.

"cooperativas" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC  ·  "cooperativos" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cooperativasccooperativas · cooeprativas · coopeartivas · cooperaitvas · cooperatiavs · cooperatibas · cooperativass · cooperativsa
  • cooperativosccooperativos · cooeprativos · coopeartivos · cooperaitvos · cooperatibos · cooperatiovs · cooperativoss · cooperativso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cooperativas" and "cooperativos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞as] versus [koopeɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cooperativas" or "cooperativos"?
"cooperativas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,817 in our Spanish list, against #42,913 for "cooperativos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cooperativos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cooperativas" and "cooperativos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comparativos 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 #86,488 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