Which to use
“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.
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
- cooperativas ← ccooperativas · cooeprativas · coopeartivas · cooperaitvas · cooperatiavs · cooperatibas · cooperativass · cooperativsa
- cooperativos ← ccooperativos · cooeprativos · coopeartivos · cooperaitvos · cooperatibos · cooperatiovs · cooperativoss · cooperativso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cooperativas" and "cooperativos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cooperativas" or "cooperativos"?
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.